“What did he say?”Turning away from his jade slip in hand, Jun looked to Li Shen and replied.“Master, senior disciple brother said he’ll meet us at the Celestial Academy’s valley entrance.”Li Shen nodded before he continue to walk.They were heading down the Sword Pavilion mountain to leave the Academy for their new mission.The academy itself hadn’t changed much since Li Shen was here, and that was normal since the passage of time to cultivators isn’t the same as mortals. Three years was long to them, but to cultivators who could live for over a hundred years at the bare minimum, it was a small drop in the bucket.However, even though the academy hadn’t changed, the disciples sure have.As Li Shen took his time to walk through the Inner Academy, numerous disciples could weirdly be seen without a pair of shoes.He also passed a few stands that had someone yelling what they were selling, and to what that is was even stranger.“Custom-made statues of our number one sensation the Shoe
Despite the angering words of Li Shen, the young man opted to instead quickly calm down and went to block Li Shen’s boat again.Cupping his fists he said respectively.“Wait, maybe my words made brother upset, but I would be sincerely grateful if you-”“Bah! Who the fuck is your brother?”Li Shen looked at the young man as he slam his fan shut on his palm. The annoyance he felt was slowly beginning to rise by the second and he didn’t mince his words.“Didn’t I say to get lost, why are you still blocking my path?”The young man’s face turned black.He was trying to be respectful since judging by this person being the leader of this group and was also from the famous Celestial Academy, he could possibly be someone from an influential background on the MAple Continent.However, those words had ignited his anger.“Is this how someone from the Celestial Academy acts? Do you even know who I am? If it was any other time I would have you killed for such disrespect!”Li Shen hearing that pause
“Look over there, some people are fighting!”“Who are they? I can even feel their battle’s shock-waves from over here.”Disciples watching in the distance exclaimed in surprise.“Hey, I think I saw the Second Prince in that Spirit Artifact!”“What, really?! Then does that mean another victim showed up? Now I feel bad for that person.”“I wonder who took care of it this time?”“I don’t know, maybe it was Blade Demon Mu Fan?”“What I would kill to see Goddess Lihua fight, I heard she fought a spy that infiltrated the Divine Sword Music Faction yesterday.”"Yeah, I wonder what that academy will do about that..."As the disciple talked among themselves some distance away, back to where the battle took place, Suyan landed on the ground with a loud bang. He coughed out a mouth full of blood as he rolled onto his side.He struggled to look through his swimming vision as the boat shot off into the distance.“S-Spear Intent. That was Spear Intent.”Suyan felt utterly shocked in his heart.Why
Li Shen and the group disembarked from the boat before they all looked towards the town that was some distance away.Li Shen turned towards Jun and asked.“Is there still no response?”Jun's expression was one of worry as he said.“No Master, they aren’t responding. What if-”Jun paused, unable to finish his sentence as his eyes glossed over.Fei Yin patted his back and said.“No, don’t think that way. We’re here now so we’ll go in and find them.”“Exactly, why are you crying like a baby?”Mu Fan furrowed his brows while making that follow-up commentJun sniffed and wiped his nose with his forearm.His expression then turn cold before he said.“If anything happened to them I swear I’ll make those Demonic Cultivators pay.”Jun and Lihua were in charge of gathering intelligence in the Faction, with both of them having formed groups of their own on Li Shen's orders.Jun’s group was named the Beggar’s Association, it wasn’t located in the Celestial Academy and instead was separated into s
It was already morning as the sun rose from the horizon to bathe the main Mercenary Guild Association main branch in a golden hue.It was located in a city of its own, and from here all the branches around the Maple Continent take their orders.Aside from the Imperial City, it was the most highlighted city on the Continent, with individuals from powerful families casually roaming the streets.Disciples from various academies could be seen as well, especially coming and going from the ginormous supposed thirty-floor Mercenary Association building.The bustling noise was on a high as hundreds of them chattering could be heard. However, that chattering at the entrance slowly faded away as a tall figure in a featureless mask slowly floated down from the air.His bare feet touched the ground and instantly, the staring disciples all cleared a path to the large double door entrance.Without pausing the figure calmly walked forward.Whispers echoed from the crowd.“No way, that’s the Faceless
Seeing the laws in a natural flow, he confirmed no one was using Daoist Magic to spy on him. However, he couldn’t rule out a rune used for observation.Sending out his Soul Sense he scanned the room several times to check.He also scanned this hologram as well.It wasn’t the first time he did this, but it wouldn’t be the last. He was careful to not reveal anything that give away a link between the Faceless Hero and Li Shen, or at least to anyone who didn’t want to for now.After all of that scanning, Li Shen released a sigh before he put away his unimpressive membership card and took out the VIP card Huifen gave him.Till now he hadn’t so much as used it, not that he didn’t want to but that he hadn’t needed to.He planned on using it now, however, he was hesitant.It wouldn’t be weird if these cards were tracked so the Mercenary Association knew who was using them.And the Faceless Hero using the one the Second Prince had would create a link between his two identities.As for him havi
‘Why does that sound like he can see me using Power of the World?’Li Shen hadn’t stopped strengthening his connection with the earth beneath him as he realize that the technique helps him comprehend the Earth's Laws a bit faster than normal.But this wasn’t a technique that anyone can detect or see through, only someone with a high affinity with the earth element could do that. Someone on par with a Heaven’s Chosen affinity for Heavenly Laws.Someone like him.Remembering what his father had told him about Huifen comprehending a none elemental Law, the Laws of Gravity, he was starting to understand how that came to be.“You don’t look surprised by that fact.”Huifen said when he saw Li Shen’s mild reaction.Li Shen gave him a smile but secretly thought in his heart.‘In this era, such aptitude would make one a top talent, but to me, you're just slightly different from everyone else.’This wasn’t him being arrogant, in fact, he acknowledge that Huifen was unique, but if anyone else ha
In the courtyard, Li Shen and the others were gathered around a table inside the restricted area of the building.Li Wen was cross-legged in meditation nearby, even though as a non-disciple he wasn’t allowed in the academy. Li Shen had sneaked him in using the teleportation circle.Taking out the parchment he got from Huifen, Li Shen place it on the table.Jun was the first to snatch it up.He unfurled it and looked over the information.Immediately, a murderous light flickered in his eyes.Jun was the youngest of the group, and at times it would show, with the others calling him out on it, but mostly Mu Fan.However, they all knew he had another side to him. An unhinge side that only showed itself in circumstances where people like those of the Demonic Cult were involved.Li Shen had been trying to curb that part of him, but it was to no avail.Fei Yin quickly took the parchment out of Jun’s hand before he could clench his fists and destroy it.After reading it his reaction wasn’t as
So, that's the end of Book One."..."Are you mad?"..."Of course you are, I'm sorry."Fuck you, Author..."Wah! I'm really sorry!!*start groveling and begging for forgiveness.*For those of you who haven't seen it in the last chapter(it's not like I didn't put it in the title.) I made the decision to end Book One here, right on the edge of a massive cliff... don't kill me haha, I swear I'll write Book Two.Oh, did you see the title of Book Two? If not here it is again... BOOK TWO: War Of Continents... coming soon.I always intended to split this novel into separate books, but I never planned on stopping Book One here. At first, I made the decision to go on hiatus, but then as I read over the last few chapters I realized this was somewhat of a good place to end Book One... please don't kill me.For all the readers who have reached this point... thank you.I've been writing this book for over a year now. Arguably I haven't posted much in the last three months, but we don't talk about t
When Gu Min landed in front of him, Yang Su stood there staring at him with a blank expression while tears ran down his cheeks.“What, you won't even come running to hug me after not seeing me for so long? You always did when we were little. Or have you grown too big now? You’re almost as tall as I am.”Gu Min said this jokingly, but Yang Su could only lower his head and began wiping his tears.Gu Min walked up to him and hugged him.“It’s okay, why are you crying?”“I-I thought you died because of me. And Mom and Dad, they…”“Did they blame you?”A sad expression appeared on Gu Min’s face, but Yang Su shook his head.“No, after they thought you died they wouldn’t let me out of their sights. It's because of you that I couldn’t even set foot outside of the house.”Gu Min cracked a smile when he heard his little brother’s words.“I’m sorry I didn’t come home, I-”“It’s fine.”Yang Su suddenly said cutting off Gu Min.“As long as you’re fine I don’t care if I never see you again, I just
Ling Tian was in the sky scanning the crowd of disciples down below.His heart was filled with both anger and frustration.Soon, his gaze stopped on a figure that was trying to blend into the crowd as much as possible.But despite the hood hiding their appearance, Ling Tian knew exactly who this person was.In a fit of rage and worry, he bolted toward this person.On the ground, Li Shen looked at Yang Su and asked.“Yang Su, what do you mean, is that person your older brother?”Everyone in the group heard this and they all turned to look at Yang Su.Yang Su nodded and said.“He looks slightly different, but I’m sure that’s him.”While Xian was smiling off to the side, Mu Fan glanced at Yang Su’s brother in the air and scowled.“His hair is ever redder than yours, how revolting.”Jun frowned and elbowed Mu Fan to shut up.As Yang Su continued to look at his brother he started to become more agitated.He was skeptical of Xian’s words before but now that he saw his brother he was overcom
Mu Fan placed everyone down before they all glared at Xian.Xian shrugged his shoulders in response.Jun was about to comment on Xian being here, but Li Shen placed a hand on his shoulder.“Look after Lu Yue for me.”Hearing this, Jun turned to look at Lu Yue before hurrying over.Fei Yin hurried over as well, it looked like she had a few superficial wounds he was able to heal.Li Shen then looked at Xian and asked.“What’s the point of you joining? You seem to have a group of your own.”“Well, that doesn’t mean I can’t join yours right?”Li Shen went silent for a moment and then said.“I’ll think about it. For now, we should focus on why we were teleported here.”Xian turned to look at the front of the hall where a throne was before saying with narrowed eyes.“Isn’t it obvious my other half? Someone wants us here.”Hearing Xian’s words, everyone in the group had their expressions change.They suddenly had a bad feeling rise in their hearts. One that Mu Fan long had.“Master…?”Li She
“D-Damn it, what is happening now?!”Mu Fan cried out as he saw his fingers fading away.Li Shen looked over at him and then down at his own hand to see his fingers were fading away as well, and at a rapid pace at that.Li Shen then looked towards the sky to see that after shattering, what was revealed was a clear blue sky.The shattered fragments of the previous crimson sky were still hovering in the air, reflecting the blue sky above and the Fiery Dimension below at the same time.Looking away from this scene, Li Shen bent down to pick up Lu Yue and carry her bridal style. He then turned to Mu Fan and said.“It’s okay, we’re being teleported to the Hidden Fragmented Realm. Hold onto me.”Mu Fan hurriedly got up and place his overly large palms on Li Shen’s shoulders.Mu Fan then watched in curiosity as a strange black light with starry light in it spread from Li Shen’s body to cover both him and Lu Yue.“What kind of ability is this?”Mu Fan said looking around. It almost seemed as
“Stop being so dramatic, I barely touched you.”Li Shen said as he gave Mu Fan who was on the ground a cursory glance.Mu Fan wined.“It is you. Bastard, do you want to get hit in the head and see how it feels?”Mu Fan then glared at Li Shen, but in response, Li Shen merely rolled his eyes and then turn back to check on an unconscious Lu Yue.Mu Fan also turned to her and asked.Is she going to be alright?”“If we can get to Jun in time, then everything will be fine.”“Is that why you let those bastards get away?”Mu Fan said as he watch Gu Jin and Shiming fly away with the rest of the Fire Empire’’s disciples and Ming Clan members.Li Shen shifted his head to look in their direction before turning back to Lu Yue.“There will come a time when they can longer run away from me, but that time hasn’t come yet. Rather, you should be healing your injuries before thinking about fighting in your condition.”“It merely scratches, I’m fine!”Mu Fan said confidentially, but Li Shen suddenly saw
“You fucker, I’ll definitely kill you for this!!”Shiming’s face was deathly pale, but intense hatred was evident in his eyes.“Huh? How are you going to do that when you’re going to see King Yama?”Mu Fan kicked Shiming’s severed arm that held his saber to the side as he walked towards him.Shiming manage to stop his bleeding and he held his stump as he slowly got up.A crazed look was in his eyes that matched Mu Fan’s own.Mu Fan didn’t care and he rushed to lop off his head like he promised he would.He appeared in front of Shiming and did a horizontal slash.However, a crazed Shiming suddenly grasp the void and a red illusory blade appeared in his remaining hand.Swoosh!Shiming swung it towards Mu Fan’s incoming saber and a Blade Energy no weaker than Mu Fan’s own swept out.BANG!A loud explosion occurred that caused the ground beneath the two to form a massive crater.Shiming was seen flying out of the dust that had risen in the area.Even when he called on his own Blade Will h
Shiming wasn’t in a hurry as he flew over to where Mu Fan was.Previously when Mu Fan had reached this location and realized he had found Lu Yue, he didn’t hesitate to start hacking.Now laying around him were numerous bloody corpses of the Fire Empire Disciples. But of course, there were also disciples who came from various small Sects that were transported here with Lu Yue. A few disciples in the group Mu Fan came with had died too.Mu Fan frowned at this sight.Something didn’t feel right to him. He loved hacking these fuckers for what they were doing, but this type of massacre irked him.It’s as if it was all planned.Mu Fan didn’t know, but he could vaguely sense something was wrong.As Mu Fan was feeling repulsed by this massacre, Shiming’s voice echoed behind him.“Why do I always have to deal with you?”Mu Fan slowly turned to see Shiming land not too far away from him. His eyes narrowed.“You don’t have to worry about that for too long. Once I lop off your head then you never
Gu Jin would send out a fist or a palm strike towards Lu Yue and she would counter it with her Sword Technique.However, she would be blown back and injured every time.After a few more of this, Lu Yue realized that she was getting further away from the battle.Gu Jin had purposely brought them here.“Are you just now realizing the situation you’re in?”Gu Jin said with a laugh.Lu Yue had fallen to the ground and as she slowly got up, Gu Jin’s gaze roamed over her slightly disheveled body.It didn’t take a genius to understand what was going on.However, Lu Yue seemed unphased despite the blood at the corner of her lips and was even weak to the point where she had to lean on her sword for support.Looking at Gu Jin, she said.“And it seems you haven’t realized the situation you're in yet.”Upon hearing that, Gu Jin frowned.However, a moment later his expression changed.Inside his body, he sensed several strands of frigid energy slowly circulating in his meridians.If it weren’t for