Sword Aura to the Heavens
Chapter 53: The Fury of the Senior Sister

Chapter 53: Chapter 53: The Fury of the Senior Sister

"Brother Xiao Fan." At this moment, a boy of about fourteen or fifteen years old came to Li Fan’s side; he was the same boy who had bickered with Xiao Qi during the Li Mountain Sword Inquiry.

"What are you doing here too?" Li Fan was surprised when he saw the boy.

"I have good talent, can’t I?" the boy said proudly.

"But yesterday, you were pretty cool on Li Mountain."

Li Fan gave him a stern look.

"Of course, Ye Xianzi is even cooler." The boy turned his head and glanced at Ye Qinghuang with a face full of admiration.

"It’s Master Ye," Li Fan corrected.

"I just like calling her Ye Xianzi," the boy said, "I wonder who could marry Ye Xianzi in the future. If it were me, it’d be worth dying for."

"Pfft..."

The boy was kicked down by Li Fan.

"Why did you kick me?" The boy turned back and glared at Li Fan.

"Do you believe I might beat you?" Li Fan replied.

"Heh heh, do you have thoughts too?" The boy looked at Li Fan with a cheeky grin, "Just afraid you lack the ability."

"On the way here, I saw your dad at the blacksmith shop. I’ll tell Uncle Yang that you’re not cultivating well on the mountain and thinking about romantic matters all day long." Li Fan threatened.

"When did I think about romantic matters??" The boy glared at Li Fan.

The boy was named Yang Qingshan, the son of the blacksmith in the village.

Those who were more familiar with Li Fan on Li Mountain were all from Li Mountain Village.

He wasn’t very familiar with others.

Of course, many recognized Li Fan.

Especially after yesterday’s events, almost everyone on Li Mountain recognized him now.

As a result, many pairs of eyes were now watching Li Fan.

Yang Qingshan saw Li Fan looking at him with a smile, which seemed to penetrate his mind. He scratched his head.

"Alright, I’m done bragging with you. Ye Xianzi is out of my league. My target is over there."

As he spoke, he gestured with his mouth in a certain direction.

Li Fan: "?"

*This kid was something else. He randomly mentioned something and actually hit the mark.*

*Wasn’t this kid not even fifteen yet??*

Following his gaze, Li Fan’s eyes fell in that direction, where he saw a stunning woman sitting on a rock.

The woman was dressed in a long, flowing blue dress, sitting quietly with the skirt cascading over the stone, and Sword Intent circulating around her.

Lu Yuan!

As if she sensed something, Lu Yuan opened her eyes and glanced over in Li Fan’s direction. Her long eyebrows were like willows, her black hair like a waterfall, and her exquisite face gave off a sense of detachment like frost.

Lu Yuan gave him a look, then shifted her gaze back to her cultivation, undistracted.

*"You see, she looked at me just now, she must have an interest in me." The boy got somewhat excited as Lu Yuan gave a glance in their direction, his heart racing.*

Li Fan glanced at him, unwilling to dampen his spirits. *The boy was always full of fantasies.*

*This kid probably didn’t stand a chance.*

"You recognize Lu Yuan, right? The most beautiful girl on Li Mountain," Yang Qingshan said with infatuated eyes, adding, "Your senior sister doesn’t count."

Ye Xianzi wasn’t considered a mundane person.

So, Lu Yuan was the most beautiful on Li Mountain.

"Xiao Fan, do you think if I marry her, wouldn’t my dad laugh himself awake from a dream?" Yang Qingshan said.

"It’d be you who laughs awake..." Li Fan replied, indeed it was a dream.

"Just now, Lu Yuan had already asked a sword successfully, with a predecessor of Li Mountain imparting Sword Dao to her," Yang Qingshan said, "Isn’t my future wife impressive?"

Li Fan no longer wanted to engage with him.

Compared to the wicked hearts of those below the mountain, *the people of Li Mountain were a bit too naive...*

"But my rival is also impressive." The boy then looked at a young man sitting on a giant rock beside Lu Yuan, about seventeen years old, exuding a sharp aura.

"Xie Can, a genius Sword Cultivator of Li Mountain Sword Peak, just arrived not long ago, and has also successfully asked a sword." The boy looked at Xie Can as if he was a love rival.

"What about you? Have you succeeded in asking a sword?" Li Fan asked the boy.

"Me?" Yang Qingshan scratched his head, "I just started, no rush. What do you think of Lu Yuan’s looks?"

"Not bad." Li Fan replied, unwilling to dampen the boy’s spirits.

*What’s the relationship between her beauty and you?*

"Little Junior Brother, what are you chatting about so happily?" Ye Qinghuang’s voice came from behind.

"Ye Xianzi." Yang Qingshan shrank back his head and scampered off without looking back, "Xiao Fan, I’m going to ask a sword now."

With that, he jumped off the giant rock beneath Li Fan’s feet.

"Senior Sister, I’ll also ask a sword." Caught by his senior sister, Li Fan turned back awkwardly and then sat on the giant rock, closing his eyes.

He entered the Li Mountain Sword Valley in his consciousness, where the Sword of the Sword Valley could be sensed, thus establishing a connection to ask a sword.

Li Fan closed his eyes, his consciousness drifting towards the sword walls within the Sword Valley.

From the swords embedded in the stone walls, Li Fan’s consciousness felt many different Sword Intents.

Each sword seemed to possess life.

Each of these swords represented a predecessor of Li Mountain.

For a millennium, whenever demons wreaked havoc, the Great Sword Cultivator of Li Mountain would come down to exterminate demons.

After death, the swords returned to Li Mountain.

One sword sensed Li Fan’s consciousness, then quietly retreated without responding.

Then, the second sword, the third sword... all behaved the same way.

*Li Fan felt somewhat disheartened. These swords were unwilling to respond to him.*

*Was he going to disappoint the Old Blind Man and Senior Sister?*

Time passed bit by bit, and Li Fan did not want to disappoint his senior sister. He actively tried to establish a connection with the swords, but whenever a sword sensed his consciousness, it fell silent.

Li Fan tried for a long time, inquiring many swords, but it was futile.

He opened his eyes, glancing in other directions, seeing a sword embedded in the stone wall vibrating, with Sword Intent flowing towards Lu Yuan’s body.

Lu Yuan had successfully asked a sword again.

"It’s the second sword." Many in the Sword Valley looked at Lu Yuan.

"I did it." At this moment, an excited voice came, and Yang Qingshan jumped up joyfully, looking back at Li Fan, "Brother Xiao Fan, I succeeded."

"Uncle Yang will surely be happy for you." Li Fan responded with a smile, but in his heart, he felt a bit downcast.

*It seemed he was going to let his senior sister down. He had demon energy within him, which these predecessors could sense and were unwilling to impart Sword Dao.*

He turned to look at Ye Qinghuang.

Sitting above, Ye Qinghuang opened her eyes and quietly said, "Xiao Fan, it’s okay."

As she finished speaking, she stood up, stepped forward, and stood at the forefront of the Sword Valley.

In her eyes appeared a fiery flame, her lashes reflecting a fiery red. Her pupils grew brighter, and suddenly the temperature in the Sword Valley rose abruptly, all disciples feeling a scorching hot air.

"Boom..."

A terrifying flame stream swept through, extending continuously towards the Sword Valley, and in an instant, the entire Li Mountain Sword Valley was engulfed.

The flame stream soared towards the sky, the mountain walls glowing red, and red clouds appeared in the sky, the entire Sword Valley ablaze.

All Li Mountain disciples were shocked, their gazes fixed on the direction where Ye Qinghuang stood, seeing flames swirling around her body. Behind her, flame wings appeared, gradually spreading out, growing larger, covering the sky.

Everyone’s hearts raced, watching the massive figure slowly levitating.

Accompanied by the resounding cry of a phoenix, the sky above the Sword Valley turned red.

Above the Sword Valley, a phoenix hovered, awe-inspiring.

In Ye Qinghuang’s eyes, the image of a phoenix also appeared.

In an instant, countless swords in the Li Mountain Sword Valley sang, Sword Intent piercing the sky.

"Ye Qinghuang of the younger generation requests the predecessors of Li Mountain to grant a chance for a Sword Inquiry."

Ye Qinghuang spoke, and Li Mountain disciples became silent as cicadas in the cold.

"Ye Qinghuang, you’re too presumptuous."

A furious voice came, and then terrifying Sword Aura spread across the Sword Valley.

Wu Tong walked to Ye Qinghuang’s former position, staring at her back with burning anger.

This place was the Sacred Land of Li Mountain.

Ye Qinghuang glanced back at Wu Tong, the phoenix shadow revolving around her body. In her eyes, even the image of a phoenix appeared, the phoenix on the Sword Valley sounding as if alive.

"Uncle, although I don’t know what grievances you have with my master, Brother Xiao Fan and I have always respected you and called you uncle. Most Li Mountain disciples have suffered from demons, and Brother Xiao Fan suffered even more. Even in this sanctuary for exorcising demons, prejudice abounds, but has Brother Xiao Fan ever done anything to betray Li Mountain?" Ye Qinghuang spoke slowly.

"He is a Li Mountain disciple and a Sword Cultivator. If his talent were lacking and he failed in the Sword Inquiry, I would have no complaints. But why would none of the swords, which are the predecessors of Li Mountain, even give him a chance? The Da Li Dynasty is decaying and needs a sword to emerge from Li Mountain, but even Li Mountain has decayed like this. What’s the point of having Li Mountain in this world?"

Saying this, her gaze turned again to the Sword Valley, "Outside, people talk about righteousness, but Li Mountain learned fast. My little junior brother grew up on this mountain. Is he not a Li Mountain disciple? Is he not a Sword Cultivator of Li Mountain?"

"The Court and various sects are already on their way, there are rumors outside that Li Mountain is about to collapse, so if it does, let it be. If this is what Li Mountain has become, I will see it on its way."

Silence fell over the mountain after Ye Qinghuang’s words, and all Li Mountain disciples stood up, shocked internally.

Was Ye Qinghuang going to betray Li Mountain for that young man?

"Senior Sister!" Li Fan shouted, looking at his senior sister, seeing her hair gently swaying in the wind, her gaze determined.

Figures from Li Mountain’s various peaks shot towards this direction at high speed.

Wu Tong, consumed by fury, glared at Ye Qinghuang and said, "Ye Qinghuang, do not think that I wouldn’t dare act against you two."

"Try it?"

A dull voice resonated from the sky, as winds and clouds changed above Li Mountain, with Sword Aura flowing.

Everyone looked up at the sky, gazing at the rolling Sword Intent, pressing down on the space above Li Mountain.

"Old Blind Man." Li Fan looked up to the sky; it was the Old Blind Man’s voice.

Wu Tong also looked up, utterly enraged, "What, you, a renegade of Li Mountain, intend to act against Li Mountain this time?"

"Since you say I am a renegade, betraying one more time makes no difference." That voice fell again, still dominant.

Sounds continued to fall over the Li Mountain Sword Valley, and they all looked skyward, their gazes filled with emotion.

From a distance, another sword came shooting, it was a figure in white, like a sharp sword, suspended above the Sword Valley, radiating a fierce killing intent.

"Ruyu, come down." Wu Tong looked at Wen Ruyu and said.

"What Senior Sister said is true. I seek a fair chance for my little junior brother. If he fails, I have no complaints, but if Li Mountain has decayed, then henceforth, I am no longer a disciple of Li Mountain." Wen Ruyu spoke loudly.