Celestial Dragon Sword Venerable-Chapter 118: I Am Your Ancestor
HISS—
The massive tail of the giant black snake swept out, deflecting Wan Xuegui’s sword strike and preventing it from finding its mark.
The entire aura of that sword strike scattered onto Fang Qingxue.
Fang Qingxue paid it no mind, smirking as she said, "Of course I knew you knew. But I went along with it anyway. Do you know why? You thought you could make me attract the Black Water Profound Snake’s hatred and attention so you could seize the Creation Ice Blood Lotus. At the same time, you’d wait for me and the snake to cripple each other, allowing you to defeat it and capture me. You planned to perform Refinement on the trace of Dragon Blood in the Black Water Profound Snake, refine the Creation Ice Blood Lotus, and capture me for dual cultivation to achieve Yin Yang Balance, completing your final transformation and breaking into the Sword Void Realm in one fell swoop.
Your calculations were perfect. A pity..."
Upon hearing this, Wan Xuegui’s expression changed. ’This is bad!’ he thought.
Just then, Fang Qingxue suddenly unleashed her Bright Moon Sword Spirit at the Sword Spirit Third Heaven, and she activated it with an ultimate trump card!
"You’re not at the Sword Spirit First Heaven, you’re at the Sword Spirit Third Heaven! Damn it!"
Realizing this, Wan Xuegui’s face finally contorted in shock.
But it was already too late.
Having instantly played her trump card, Fang Qingxue didn’t care that the aura sprayed on her had fully drawn the Black Water Profound Snake’s ire. Instead, she used her ultimate, blood-colored Bright Moon Sword Spirit to instantly assault Wan Xuegui’s Sword Spirit, stunning him for a brief moment.
The Black Water Profound Snake was also caught in this Sword Spirit assault. Its mind was shaken by the terrifying, blood-colored Sword Spirit, and it too was momentarily stunned.
In that single instant, Fang Qingxue’s sword swept out, severing the Creation Ice Blood Lotus. With a grab and a turn, the lotus disappeared into her Qiankun Ring!
At the same time, however, an identical Creation Ice Blood Lotus appeared in her hand, though this one was clearly a fake.
The fake Creation Ice Blood Lotus appeared in her hand so quickly that, aside from Ye Tianling, neither the momentarily stunned Wan Xuegui nor the Black Water Profound Snake noticed.
Wan Xuegui and the Black Water Profound Snake both recovered. Just then, Fang Qingxue suddenly shouted to Ye Tianling, "Junior Brother, take the Creation Ice Blood Lotus and retreat first! I’ll cover our rear!"
As she spoke, she suddenly hurled the Creation Ice Blood Lotus in her hand, throwing it directly toward the concealed Ye Tianling.
"Fuck, just as I expected! It’s a setup!"
Ye Tianling’s face darkened. He knew Fang Qingxue was up to no good. Now, he was being set up to take the fall.
However, Ye Tianling wasn’t worried.
With a flicker, his figure materialized. He slapped out with his palm, and before the fake Creation Ice Blood Lotus could even get close, it was redirected toward Wan Xuegui.
"Xuegui, my dear great-great-grandson, this Creation Ice Blood Lotus is fake. She already put the real one in her Qiankun Ring. That bitch is trying to frame me! It hasn’t been easy for this old ancestor to protect you all this way, only to be seen through by that wench."
Ye Tianling said with a dramatic ’sigh’.
Wan Xuegui froze for a moment, then instantly reached out to grab the Creation Ice Blood Lotus. But after being struck by Ye Tianling’s palm of Innate True Essence Inner Strength, the lotus exploded directly. No Lotus Seeds or Spiritual Qi emerged from it.
Wan Xuegui still hadn’t figured out what was going on, but when Fang Qingxue saw her plot instantly exposed and her attempt to frame Ye Tianling fail, her expression immediately grew grim.
At that moment, the Black Water Profound Snake saw that the Creation Ice Blood Lotus had been cut down and taken. Sensing the lingering aura of the lotus on Fang Qingxue, it let out a thunderous roar and charged at her.
Wan Xuegui ignored Ye Tianling and immediately gave chase, intending to kill Fang Qingxue.
HISS—
Fang Qingxue became a streak of light and plunged into the Blood-Colored Ice Lake, her figure abruptly vanishing.
The Black Water Profound Snake immediately dove in after her and also disappeared in an instant.
HUMMM—
Wan Xuegui charged forward as well but was repelled by an immense Power of Defense. As she fled, Fang Qingxue had activated a Forbidden Array as a Guardian, blocking the path of pursuit and forcing Wan Xuegui to return empty-handed.
Wan Xuegui’s face was as ugly as if his mother had just died.
He had tried to steal a chicken only to lose the rice for bait, and lost the lady and the soldiers to boot.
His plan had failed, and the Creation Ice Blood Lotus was gone. Wan Xuegui’s eyes glowed with a bloody light. After rushing to the edge of the Blood-Colored Ice Lake, he glared at Ye Tianling with immense ferocity.
His gaze sent a clear message: ’Kid, if you don’t explain yourself clearly, you’re not walking away from this today!’
"Great-great-grandson, what’s with that look? I am Wan Tianshu, your Sword Ancestor. You don’t know me? Hmm, well, this Sword Ancestor has lived into a new life, so it’s normal that you wouldn’t know. Alas... The shame of the Fang Family, not yet avenged in blood. The hatred of Tianyan, when will it be extinguished?"
Ye Tianling sighed mournfully. He still had the appearance of Dugu Qiubai, but he was now using the alias ’Wan Tianshu’ and had begun to impersonate Wan Xuegui’s ancestor.
Wan Xuegui was about to erupt in anger, his killing intent surging, but upon hearing those words, his powerful frame trembled, and a look of shock and uncertainty appeared in his eyes.
The phrase, ’The shame of the Fang Family, not yet avenged in blood. The hatred of Tianyan, when will it be extinguished?’ had dealt him a tremendous shock.
His identity had always been a secret.
’No one knew about this. How could this person before him, so young and weak, merely at the Sword Soul First Heaven Realm, know his secret? How could he know the Fang Family’s secret?’
"It is good to be vigilant, but to not acknowledge your ancestors makes you an unfilial bastard!"
Ye Tianling added arrogantly.
’This Wan Xuegui is a master thief, so he must be loaded with treasures. And I’m currently broke, completely destitute,’ Ye Tianling thought.
’Since Wan Xuegui could be out-schemed by a woman like Fang Qingxue, his intelligence must be average at best, not far from being a complete idiot. I’m very confident I can trick him out of all his treasures.’
"How can you prove you’re my, Wan Xuegui’s, Sword Ancestor? Do you know our inherited Sword Dao? Do you possess our Bloodline Talent?"
Wan Xuegui was clearly unconvinced, his vigilance growing even stronger, but there was a slight hint of doubt in his heart.
"’The Great Dao is fifty, but Tianyan is forty-nine.’ It divides into two to represent duality, and one is set aside to represent trinity. Once, our Fang Family was the ruler of the Celestial Star Mansion. But one day, the Fang Race was plotted against by our enemies and faced a great calamity, a disaster with no chance of survival. To ensure the family’s continuation, this old ancestor burned his Supreme Dao as a Sword Ancestor to perform a Celestial Dao Inference, through which I glimpsed a sliver of hope. Thus, I left a final decree: the family was to change its name to Wan and immediately retreat into the mortal world. The hope was to alter that one point, to become the ’one that escaped,’ and in doing so, secure a thread of life.
"Because of this, I underwent Transformation Dao. But it was also because of that ’one that escaped’ that I had an epiphany, comprehending the Supreme Dao of ’Dao Generating One’ and thus managed to live into this next life."
"All these years, this old ancestor has been Sensing your bloodline. That is why you had the fortuitous opportunity to obtain the secret of the Asura Blood and survive against all odds in so many perilous situations. However... this old ancestor is truly disappointed!"
Ye Tianling sighed, his eyes filled with disappointment.
"Ah—Ancestor!"
Wan Xuegui’s powerful frame trembled, and with a THUD, he fell to his knees.
BANG! BANG! BANG!
He kowtowed three times, the loud sounds shaking the very ground beneath them.
"You useless trash! At your age, you’re only at the Sword Spirit Second Heaven Realm, and you let a woman out-scheme you! Why don’t you just go and die? This old ancestor reveals his identity, and you still don’t believe me? Can you not sense the supreme, unparalleled bloodline aura of your ancestor? Or is your bloodline aura too thin, too pathetic? Right, you’ve fused with some Asura Blood, so it’s normal that you can’t sense my peerless bloodline aura!"
Ye Tianling scolded and bluffed.
"Ah—Ancestor, Ancestor, this Disciple is only twenty-two years old."
Wan Xuegui seemed very wronged.
Reaching the Sword Spirit Second Heaven Realm by twenty-two was no easy feat.
A muscle in Ye Tianling’s face twitched. ’Holy shit, you’re only twenty-two? Why do you look like you’re in your seventies or eighties? You look so old!’
"Twenty-two, is that supposed to be young? What about Long Tianyu of the Dragon Race? He’s thirteen, and what Realm is he at? You still have the nerve to make excuses?"
Ye Tianling said, dissatisfied.
Wan Xuegui immediately lowered his head.
Ever since Ye Tianling revealed the Fang Family’s secret, Wan Xuegui was thoroughly convinced. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞
’Otherwise, how could a mere cultivator in the Sword Soul Realm conceal himself in the void? This must be a technique of the Sword Ancestor, a power one only possesses after comprehending the Dao of the Void!’
"Sigh, you truly disappoint this ancestor. What a disgrace!
You’re so old, yet instead of focusing on Hard Cultivation, you’re fond of slaughter, treasure-stealing, fine food, and women? What an embarrassment! By the way, what good treasures do you have? Bring them out as a tribute to your ancestor. This old ancestor is like a tiger stranded on a plain, bullied by dogs. I can’t even defeat a single Fang Qingxue anymore."
As Ye Tianling spoke, his sly, fox-like nature began to show.
