Chapter 147: The Might of Dongfang Yijian

"This set of flying swords is called the Eight Trigrams God-Slaying Sword, consisting of a total of eight swords, and its power is immense...!"

Su Yizhao automatically filtered out everything the divine deer said next.

In his mind, over three thousand words suddenly appeared!

"The Eight Trigrams as swords, meant to slay gods! Qian, Kun, Zhen, Gen, Li, Kan, Dui, Xun—each character a sword, every word like a sword...!"

Murong the Beast Tamer began popularizing knowledge about birds and beasts to everyone, while Su Yizhao feigned sitting cross-legged to regulate his breath.

After the time it takes to brew a cup of tea, he finally finished reading the three thousand-plus words carefully!

However, instead of feeling pleasantly surprised, he was left with only two thoughts:

What a scam!

No!

A trap for his descendants!

Where in the world were these flying swords?

This was clearly a pile of extremely rare resources!

Some of the resources he had heard of before, such as Golden Dragon Horn Marrow, Profound Stone Ore Pills, and so on—though difficult to obtain, should still be collectible!

However, the eight most crucial ones were unheard of!

What kind of pure wind ten-thousand-year divine tree wind-thunder root was that?!

Ten-thousand-year Dao breath of heavenly wind!

Ten-thousand-year vajra marrow of earthly wind! Ten-thousand-year thunder essence of thunder wind!

Ten-thousand-year mountain rock soul of mountain wind, ten-thousand-year separation-flavor fire of fire wind!

Marsh wind, water wind...!

He had never even heard of them; where was he supposed to look for them?

Su Yizhao asked gloomily, "Deer Senior, you aren't playing tricks on me, are you?"

The divine deer replied, "What would I gain by tricking you?"

"Plenty of reasons to!"

The divine deer: "......!"

Su Yizhao asked, "Deer Senior, is there anything else left behind? Tell me all at once!"

The divine deer said, "You aren't qualified yet."

Su Yizhao: "......!"

"Rumor has it that at the center of the Eastern Forest, there is a divine tree! Having endured ten thousand years, it sprouts leaves in spring, suffers lightning strikes in summer, grows branches in autumn, and turns to nothingness in winter!"

At this moment, Murong the Beast Tamer's voice rang out, carrying a sense of mysterious longing.

Su Yizhao opened his eyes abruptly!

A divine tree?

The wind-thunder root of the divine wood?

He couldn't help but ask, "Is this divine tree real or fake?"

Hearing him ask, Murong the Beast Tamer instinctively replied, "Although it's just a rumor, it is most likely true!"

"What makes you say that?"

"Big Brother! I'm a beast tamer, you know!" Murong the Beast Tamer said with a proud expression!

In his mind, the divine deer's voice echoed: "Kid, do you believe it now? This time, we'll just take the divine wood's wind-thunder root along the way!"

Su Yizhao asked, "You knew the Eastern region had the wind-thunder root of the divine wood all along?"

The divine deer answered, "Nonsense, that's something Senior Deer planted with my own hands back then! How could I not know?"

Su Yizhao was stunned!

A ten-thousand-year divine tree!

He planted it?

Utter nonsense!

Keep making things up!

Su Yizhao didn't expose him and cautiously asked, "Then you must know the exact location, right?"

"Aha! With the vicissitudes of time, coupled with an injured soul, I honestly don't know if I can still remember!"

Su Yizhao: "......!"

Gou Haitian chimed in, "Wait, Brother Murong, do you know how to tame tigers?"

Murong the Beast Tamer replied, "Of course I do, but we need to be able to find a tiger cub! The kind that hasn't taken human form yet!"

"Then I want to tame a tiger!" Gou Haitian was only fourteen years old and still possessed a child's playful nature!

Qin Hongyi and Feng Manyin couldn't help joining in either!

"I want a fluffy fox!"

"I want a dragon...!"

Su Yizhao was speechless!

What was going on here?

Had everyone forgotten the purpose of this trip?

Just then, a "boom" of thunderous vibration shook everyone back to their senses!

Everyone instantly stood up and looked ahead!

They saw that a thousand zhang away, a rolling ripple was instantly surging in all directions!

Wherever the ripples passed, the void shattered piece by piece!

Someone was fighting a duel!

Su Yizhao frowned!

At this moment, the rolling ripples in the void had already reached within a hundred zhang.

He shouted in a low voice, "Fellow Daoist Qin, steady the flying boat! Gou Haitian, lie flat! Everyone else, channel your cultivation to resist!"

Without daring to hesitate, the others immediately followed suit!

Su Yizhao flew forward, blocking the front of the flying boat!

With a thought, the flying sword in his profound energy pool was instantly summoned!

The fifty-seven nodes in his profound energy pool flared simultaneously, consuming more than half of his profound energy in an instant!

The three-foot flying sword swelled dramatically!

In the blink of an eye, it grew to ten zhang in length, its blade towering high and ready for action!

By now, the fiercely approaching ripples had reached within ten zhang!

Su Yizhao let out a great shout: "Profound Heaven Sword Art! Slash!"

At the giant sword's command, it fiercely cleaved toward the ripples!

"Boom!"

The giant sword slashed into the ripples, and the wave split in two instantly like rushing water!

Feeling a tremendous force rush through him, Su Yizhao couldn't help spitting out a mouthful of blood with a "wa" sound!

At the same time, the fractured ripples crashed violently into the flying boat!

Although the flying boat was positioned right at the break point of the ripples, it still suffered a severe impact!

Everyone felt the flying boat shake violently, emitting a harsh, screeching sound!

After four or five breaths, they finally recovered their composure.

Su Yizhao returned to the flying boat, his resolute gaze fixed ahead!

Strong!

Simply too strong!

Even from a thousand zhang away, the aftermath of the duel was this intense.

Whoever was fighting ahead was completely out of his league!

However!

The path of immortal cultivation never allowed for retreat!

A brief pause was only meant for a more courageous advance!

Qin Hongyi obediently kept the flying boat hovering in place!

One breath, two breaths!

The entire sky was utterly tranquil!

Suddenly!

A hundred zhang away, the void trembled, and with a "rip" sound, a cultivator dressed in black tumbled out of the void!

His face was deathly pale, and the moment he appeared, he spotted them!

He whipped his head around, his gaze sweeping over them!

Instantly, Su Yizhao and the others felt their hearts leap into their throats and their souls turn icy cold!

Fortunately, the man merely glanced at them before looking away again, cursing, "Eastern Sword, are you really determined to drag me down with you?!"

A cultivator in brocade robes instantly appeared ten zhang away from him and softly replied, "You will drag me down, but the net won't break."

"You—you've chased me for a hundred thousand miles, yet you still haven't managed to kill me! Hmph, if I truly fight you to the death...!"

"You won't have the chance."

Before the brocade-robed cultivator even finished speaking, a dazzling light erupted from his entire body!

Su Yizhao and the others couldn't help but shut their eyes tightly!

Their ears were filled with the urgent sound of whizzing swords. When they opened their eyes again, only a single brocade-robed cultivator stood in the air!

Su Yizhao was inwardly shocked!

Was that sword light just now?

To emit such dazzling brilliance, how many flying swords must there have been?

Before he could ponder further, the brocade-robed cultivator actually stepped toward them!

Su Yizhao stood in front of the others!

The cultivator approached and said to him, "Eastern Sword."

Su Yizhao was instantly dumbfounded!

What—what kind of situation was this?

He hurriedly cupped his fists and said, "Greetings, Senior!"

"Little Friend Su, no need for formalities!"

Su Yizhao was startled. "Senior knows me?"

Eastern Sword smiled and said, "The inner sect's number one of this generation's Profound Heaven Sect—who wouldn't know?"

Su Yizhao's thoughts raced as a suspicion formed in his mind. "Senior wouldn't happen to be here to invite me to the Jin family, would you?"

"Haha!" Eastern Sword let out a hearty laugh. "Truly clever! The head of the Jin family invites Little Friend Su to the Jin family for a chat. I wonder what you think?"

As these words fell,

everyone was utterly shocked!

Su Yizhao's heart sank!

This Jin family pushed step by step, leaving him no breathing room whatsoever!

These endless methods were nothing more than a display of muscle!

The first time was forgiving him for beating Jin Bubai to a pulp.

The second time was killing the young master of the Northwest Huang family, Huang Henode, on his behalf.

The third time was Huang Qizheng's strike, demonstrating that the Jin family had people everywhere.

And this time, it was a showcase of overwhelming strength!

Su Yizhao knew he could no longer stall!

Such a colossal influence had already extended face to him four times!

If he remained ungrateful and ignorant of the situation, a storm of violent retaliation would likely follow.

No, not retaliation!

For people like them, it couldn't even be called retaliation!

It was execution!

With just the cultivator before him, he could wipe out all of them with a wave of his hand!

And they wouldn't even get the chance to crush their identity tokens!

Su Yizhao said with difficulty, "Wait for my return!"

The brocade-robed cultivator remained silent, staring intently at him!

The atmosphere grew heavy......!