Chapter 471: Arrogant Envoy

This time, it was Ye Yuan's turn to be stunned.

"Supreme Elder, this Ten Thousand Swords Sect..."

Tian Feng's expression was very unpleasant, but he still replied, "Back then, it was the Ten Thousand Swords Sect that forced our Nethercloud Sect out of the Northern Domain!"

Ye Yuan frowned upon hearing this. "If the visitor is from the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, then Elder Mei... It's all my fault. I only thought of sending word to the Northern Domain and didn't expect something like this to happen."

Mei Zhen and Ye Yuan had shared hardships all the way. If anything truly happened to Mei Zhen, Ye Yuan would definitely not let the Ten Thousand Swords Sect off.

"How can you blame yourself? Only the five of us—me, Qingfeng, and the others—know about this matter. Even Mei Zhen himself doesn't know. Alas, let's hope it's just a coincidence. After so many years, perhaps the Ten Thousand Swords Sect has forgotten about it. After all, we pose no threat to them now." Tian Feng sighed.

"Let's go. We'll go meet these people." Ye Yuan said.

...

The group arrived at the main hall, but their expressions changed drastically as soon as they entered.

Several Nethercloud Sect disciples were lying on the ground wailing, while three young men sat in the three uppermost seats at the center of the hall.

"You three, how dare you!"

Xiao Jian was straightforward. Seeing this, he could no longer hold back and directly thrust his sword at the young man in the middle.

The young man on the right, however, sneered with a curl of his lips. "Purple Rain Clear Wind? I know that too!"

With that, he leaped up and executed a move identical to Xiao Jian's!

"Xiao Jian, be careful!" Luo Qingfeng was startled and quickly shouted, but it was too late. The two attacks collided swiftly.

The young man was at the seventh level of the Sea of Qi, while Xiao Jian was already half-step Soul Sea realm. Yet the young man's attack arrived after being launched later but reached first, even slightly faster than Xiao Jian's!

"Clang!"

The sound of metal clashing rang out, and Xiao Jian let out a muffled grunt as he was sent flying.

Tian Feng and the others were greatly shocked. Luo Qingfeng stepped forward to catch Xiao Jian.

With the same move, Xiao Jian, a half-step Soul Sea, was injured in a single exchange!

They were not on the same level at all. This young man was too strong!

"You! How do you know Purple Rain Clear Wind!" Luo Qingfeng said in a deep voice.

Purple Rain Clear Wind was an extremely powerful technique of the Azure Firmament Purple Yang Sword Art at the Sea of Qi stage. For this young man to practice it even better than Xiao Jian was nothing short of a great irony!

The young man smiled faintly upon hearing this. "You must be the Nethercloud Sect Master, right? Let me introduce myself. I am Li Junjie, a disciple of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect. These two are my senior brothers: on the left is Gu Tianyou, and in the center is our senior brother, Qin Yan. As for why I know Purple Rain Clear Wind, it's simple—because I also cultivate the Azure Firmament Purple Yang Sword Art."

A faint smile always hung at the corner of Li Junjie's mouth, but the smile somehow seemed mocking.

The foundation of the Nethercloud Sect was the Azure Firmament Purple Yang Sword Art. For Li Junjie to defeat Xiao Jian using the Nethercloud Sect's own techniques was a tremendous blow to the Nethercloud Sect members.

Indeed, upon hearing Li Junjie's words, Tian Feng and the others showed expressions of grief.

Why Li Junjie knew the Azure Firmament Purple Yang Sword Art was not hard to guess.

Back when the Nethercloud Sect hastily moved south, many techniques and martial skills were lost.

Clearly, the Ten Thousand Swords Sect had obtained the Azure Firmament Purple Yang Sword Art.

The core technique of the Ten Thousand Swords Sect was not the Azure Firmament Purple Yang Sword Art, but that did not prevent their disciples from cultivating it.

After all, the Azure Firmament Purple Yang Sword Art was a genuine fifth-grade technique, allowing a martial artist to cultivate to the peak of the Divine Wander realm.

The Ten Thousand Swords Sect's own core technique was no better than this.

"Tsk tsk, back then our Ten Thousand Swords Sect, for various reasons, did not wipe out your Nethercloud Sect completely. We thought you might have improved after coming to the Southern Domain, but who knew you've only deteriorated day by day!" Gu Tianyou said with a look of pity.

"Indeed. Your own sect's technique, yet you can't even defeat me. That person just now seemed to be a high-level member of your Nethercloud Sect, but he couldn't even match me, a mere disciple. Sigh..." Li Junjie said.

"Think back to the old days when the Nethercloud Sect dominated the Northern Domain, feared by all. Now it has fallen to such a state—truly a pity." Gu Tianyou said.

The two spoke in turns, sounding sympathetic toward the Nethercloud Sect, but in truth, they were simply picking a fight, showing no regard for the Nethercloud Sect members.

The Nethercloud Sect's face had been thrown to the ground and trampled on repeatedly.

Although Luo Qingfeng was usually calm, how could he endure this now?

He stepped forward with an unpleasant expression. "You three are so insolent in my Nethercloud Sect. Do you really think my Nethercloud Sect has no one capable?"

Li Junjie acted as if startled, saying in surprise, "Senior Brother Gu, it turns out the Nethercloud Sect actually has a Soul Sea realm expert. How impressive!"

Gu Tianyou said calmly, "What's a Soul Sea realm expert? Just a first-level Soul Sea. Our Ten Thousand Swords Sect has plenty of them. If he dares to lay a hand on us, the Ten Thousand Swords Sect will come to the Southern Domain and annihilate them in no time! Besides... it's not certain whether he can even beat Senior Brother."

As Gu Tianyou spoke, he glanced toward Senior Brother Qin Yan.

Qin Yan had not spoken from start to finish, but since Li Junjie was already so strong, their senior brother naturally would not be weak.

Qin Yan was only at the ninth level of the Sea of Qi. Such strength before a Soul Sea realm expert was nothing but a mere ant.

Stepping into the Soul Sea realm meant truly entering the ranks of the Middle Three Realms, incomparable to Sea of Qi martial artists.

Any Soul Sea realm expert could easily crush a ninth-level Sea of Qi martial artist, let alone Luo Qingfeng, whose strength surpassed that of an ordinary Soul Sea realm.

Yet Gu Tianyou claimed that Luo Qingfeng was no match for Qin Yan. Such words were far too arrogant.

Luo Qingfeng's expression changed, and he sneered, "Fine. Then today I'll test your senior brother and see how a Sea of Qi realm can defeat a Soul Sea realm!"

At that moment, a figure flashed and stood in front of Luo Qingfeng.

Luo Qingfeng was startled, but saw Ye Yuan turn back and smile at him. "Why use an ox-cleaver to kill a chicken? We disciples haven't even stepped up yet. How can we let the Sect Master take the field in person? Our Nethercloud Sect was once a major sect in the Northern Domain; it wouldn't be right to bully the weak with the strong. Let me test the skills of the three senior brothers from the Ten Thousand Swords Sect. Consider it an exchange with the current major sect of the Northern Domain."

"Ye Yuan, don't be reckless! Get back here!" Luo Qingfeng rarely scolded Ye Yuan.

Ye Yuan smiled but did not move aside.

He knew Luo Qingfeng was worried about his safety, but how could he take three Sea of Qi cultivators seriously?

Since Luo Qingfeng had returned to the sect, he had not witnessed Ye Yuan's combat prowess and could not imagine what level Ye Yuan had reached.

"Heh, interesting, very interesting! I never thought the Nethercloud Sect still had someone like this. A first-level Sea of Qi dares to challenge us brothers. How very interesting! Sect Master, as this junior brother said, disciple against disciple is the true measure of a sect's strength." Li Junjie said with a playful expression.