Sword Aura to the Heavens
Chapter 79 - 78 Li Mountain Sword Cultivator

Chapter 79: Chapter 78 Li Mountain Sword Cultivator

Chuzhou City, as the capital of Chuzhou, is home to many prestigious families and gathers people from all walks of life.

Wuliu Street in Chuzhou City is a gray area, quite dirty and chaotic.

In a noodle shop next to Wuliu Street, a woman sat with her head down, eating noodles. Beside her stood a silver spear, looking valiant and attracting quite a few glances.

Not far away, a few idlers were eyeing the woman, drawn by her beauty, but as soon as they noticed the bright spear, they immediately dispelled any thoughts.

This woman was Li Hongyi, though she wasn’t wearing her favorite red outfit. Recently, she encountered quite some trouble.

Setting out from Lin’an County, she traveled thousands of miles to Chuzhou City. She almost died on the way, but luck was on her side, finally reaching Chuzhou City. With great expectations, she went to the Cui Family, hoping to meet the mother she had never met.

She knew her father deeply loved her mother. She missed her mother, having grown up without maternal companionship, not out of a desire to cling to the prestigious Cui Family.

However, the Cui Family didn’t see it that way.

When she went to the Cui Family, they thought she was trying to cling. After revealing her identity, she was humiliated as a bastard and driven away, not even allowed to step into the Cui Family’s gate.

She had disgraced the Cui Family’s name.

This dealt a huge blow to Li Hongyi; her passion, her expectations were ruthlessly trampled. She left injured but cared nothing about her physical wounds, focusing instead on the blow inside.

For days afterward, she wandered aimlessly, with no sense of direction, having no place to call home in the vast Chuzhou City.

Where should she go? What was the meaning of her life?

Luckily, she remembered that beacon of light she encountered back in Lin’an County. She thought of Li Fan, rekindling her hope for life. She wanted to cultivate, become stronger, and slay demons.

Not just demons, but those human parasites even worse than demons.

For this, Li Hongyi offended a number of people, including a gang in Chuzhou City called Wuyi Sect. The members of this sect mostly comprised the riffraff, bullying the weak in the city’s dark corners.

Yet, the leader of the Wuyi Sect was remarkable, having reached the Innate realm of martial arts, with several Vice Sect Leaders beside him, all of whom were strong. Moreover, Wuyi Sect had connections with the government, colluding, making Li Hongyi a wanted criminal by the government, leaving her hiding in this gray area.

While Li Hongyi was eating noodles, she suddenly stopped, then stood up, grabbed the silver spear beside her, and turned to leave.

Not far behind her, several eyes were watching intently.

Li Hongyi hadn’t gone far before she was stopped. A group of people with weapons approached her, their gazes filled with violence.

People around were used to such occurrences, merely avoiding from afar but still watching the spectacle.

In Wuliu Street, it’s abnormal if a few people don’t die each day.

This gray area is pretty much unmanaged by the government, or rather, someone managed it ’on behalf’ of the government, and how it was managed depended on those people’s moods.

Li Hongyi holding the silver spear suddenly accelerated forward, a hot blaze igniting, flames adhered to the spear. She thrust forward, and with a squelching sound, one person was pierced through the throat and killed.

Li Hongyi seemed accustomed to this; she was no longer the Li Hongyi from Lin’an County. Having seen the darkness of this world, she no longer resisted killing.

Some people deserved to die.

Li Hongyi’s spear technique was more ruthless than before, each strike lethal, and in the blink of an eye, a swath of people had fallen before her.

"Good spear technique."

A voice came from ahead, and a group of people rushed toward her, surrounding Li Hongyi.

A few figures in front walked slowly towards her, with a middle-aged man in the center holding a silver iron fan. The people beside him had an imposing presence, none of them seemed amiable.

The man stepped forward and spoke to Li Hongyi, "Miss Li, I am Xie Changfeng, the Sect Leader of Wuyi Sect. Could we talk about something?"

"There’s nothing to talk about." Li Hongyi was also ablaze, her spear spewing flames, raising the surrounding temperature.

"Indeed the daughter of the Cui Family, skilled in both martial and arcane arts," Xie Changfeng remarked while staring at Li Hongyi.

Li Hongyi frowned, realizing the other party knew her.

"A distinguished person is quite interested in Miss Li. If Miss Li agrees, come with me, and the previous matters will be written off, how about it?" Xie Changfeng suggested. The Wuyi Sect held sway in this region, doing whatever they pleased, not merely relying on him as the Innate Sect Leader.

In a place like Chuzhou City, which sect doesn’t seek a benefactor?

Or rather, they are merely dogs kept by influential figures from above.

Xie Changfeng clearly understood this all along. Now, a young master from above had taken an interest in Li Hongyi, after all, she was a Cui Family’s daughter.

Even though the Cui Family disowned her.

But this heavy identity could still bring about some aura in the end.

Seeing Li Hongyi not responding, Xie Changfeng added, "That distinguished person holds an extraordinary position and won’t wrong Miss Li. It would be a great fortune for her."

After all, Li Hongyi was just a discarded daughter disowned by the Cui Family.

"Get lost!"

Li Hongyi understood what he meant, raising her spear, exuding a fierce killing intent.

"Since Miss Li refuses a toast only to drink a forfeit, don’t blame Mr. Xie for being discourteous," Xie Changfeng’s voice turned cold, his tone indifferent.

The group was about to engage when suddenly, the sound of hooves arose behind Li Hongyi.

Xie Changfeng looked over, seeing three figures riding swiftly toward them, making him frown. Who dares to be so audacious in front of Wuyi Sect in this area?

Li Hongyi naturally heard the sound behind her, thinking they were Xie’s reinforcements. She didn’t turn around, released her innate Dharma Form, enhancing her aura, ready for a fight to the death.

"Miss Li."

At this moment, a voice reached her ears, causing Li Hongyi to pause as if she heard incorrectly.

Her hand gripping the spear slightly trembled, then she slowly turned around, seeing a figure in white, with a handsome face looking her way and smiling. Who else could it be but Li Fan?

This gave Li Hongyi a sense of unreality, her eyes glazed over.

"Miss Li, long time no see, don’t recognize me?" Li Fan dismounted, carrying a long sword, walking toward Li Hongyi, with Han Zong and Situ Chan following behind.

After Han Zong heard about Li Hongyi, he immediately informed Li Fan, and they hurried toward this area, coincidentally witnessing the scene unfold.

Only when Li Fan walked up did Li Hongyi come to her senses, eyes slightly red, but then she gave a brilliant smile, softly asking, "Why are you here?"

"Didn’t I promise to accompany you to find your mother?" Li Fan said, "I heard you still haven’t found her, so I’ll go with you. That way, I won’t be breaking my promise."

Li Hongyi turned away, as if sand had blown into her eyes.

"Who might you be?" At this time, Xie Changfeng inopportunely interrupted their conversation, his eyes examining Li Fan, noticing his distinguished demeanor, and became somewhat vigilant.

This young man was not old, yet appeared like a noble scion.

Li Fan raised his head, his gaze sharp as a sword, piercing towards Xie Changfeng, making him feel a dangerous aura, and he cupped his fist, "I am Xie Changfeng, the Sect Leader of Wuyi Sect, working for Young Master Song."

Han Zong whispered in Li Fan’s ear, "The Song Family is also a family in Chuzhou. This area is under their control."

Xie Changfeng, being at the Innate realm, naturally heard Han Zong’s words. Since they knew about the Song Family, the matter should be easy to settle.

"Young Master Song has taken a liking to Miss Li, so you’d better not meddle in this," Xie Changfeng said.

"Buzz..."

A sword suddenly unsheathed behind Li Fan, turning into a beam of light that shot out.

Xie Changfeng’s expression changed drastically; his silver fan suddenly opened defensively before him.

"Squelch..." The sword pierced through the silver fan, sealing his throat with one strike.

Xie Changfeng’s eyes widened, speechless. He couldn’t understand why this youth dared to kill him so decisively, knowing he was working for the Song Family.

The others present were panic-stricken by the sight of their Sect Leader being instantly dispatched.

They stepped back, but saw Li Fan’s fingers trace the air, the sword that sliced through Xie Changfeng’s throat pursued them instead. With screams echoing, blood flowed everywhere, and the ground was littered with corpses in no time.

Han Zong and Situ Chan weren’t too shocked by the scene, having grown numb.

Monsters outside the city, Wanxiang Sect’s Young Master Xiao Mo, Li Fan would kill them all without hesitation.

Li Hongyi looked at Li Fan, noticing that after a visit back to Li Mountain, his strength had greatly increased. He was now colder, more decisive, and more mature.

The events in Lin’an County must have changed Li Fan significantly.

Glancing at the bodies on the ground, Li Hongyi was expressionless; these people deserved to die.

Li Fan sheathed his sword and said, "Let’s go."

"Mmm." Li Hongyi nodded.

The group turned around, and Li Fan mounted the horse. Seeing Li Hongyi not yet mounted, he looked toward her.

"Miss Li, we are all people of the Jianghu..." Li Fan teased with a smile; it’s not like they haven’t ridden together before.

Li Hongyi glared at him, then leaped up, landing behind Li Fan.

Li Fan rode on, the wind tousling Li Hongyi’s hair, her eyes growing moist as if she returned to Lin’an County.

She thought she was strong, but now realized she had been deceiving herself all along.

Han Zong and Situ Chan, following at the back, saw the two and understood their unusual relationship—no wonder Li Fan sought Li Hongyi immediately upon arriving in Chuzhou City.

"How is Li Mountain?" Li Hongyi asked with a smile.

"Li Mountain is great," Li Fan replied.

"That’s good," Li Hongyi softly responded.

The Court aimed to target Li Mountain; she worried for Li Fan.

If Li Mountain was fine, then no one dared to touch Li Fan, which made her happy.

Behind, Han Zong and Situ Chan were stunned by the conversation, exchanging glances of mutual shock.

Li Mountain, it was Li Mountain all along.

No wonder...

Li Fan, the Li Mountain Sword Cultivator!

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