Chapter 196: Outside of Rainwater Commandery

Chapter 196: Outside of Rainwater Commandery

The previous young cultivator with such significance, who did not view the Great Liang Dynasty with hostility, was that Saintess of the Myriad Heaven Palace. She was one of the core disciples of the two lineages of Daoism, yet she was naive and carefree, solely focused on sampling all the delicacies in the Divine Capital. Unlike those foreign cultivators, she never held any disdain for either the Divine Capital or the Great Liang Dynasty.

People like Zhu Xia were rare, and cultivators with a distinguished status like Zhu Xia, who could still behave the same way, were rarer.

Now, there was another person, Yu Xiyi. This sword cultivator had a clear and pure gaze, free from any impurities

"That year, I went up the mountain, then took the sword, and then went down the mountain."

That world-renown event of acquiring his sword, Yu Xiyi casually explained it all in one sentence. It did seem to match his personality.

Chen Chao waited for a while but received no further elaboration. He furrowed his brows: This young sword cultivator before him had a very peculiar temperament.

Yu Xiyi glanced at Chen Chao and asked with a smile, "I have a question. You defeated Song Changxi and became the champion, which means many young cultivators from the foreign lands in this generation would want to kill you. Why did you choose to leave the Divine Capital instead of staying there?"

Chen Chao casually said, "How can that many people know about my decision to leave the Divine Capital? You were just lucky to run into me, others wouldn't be so lucky."

Yu Xiyi found his answer interesting.

"Then where are you headed?"

Looking at the distant mountains where a rainbow appeared, Yu Xiyi found it very strange because it did not rain earlier. Any observer would find the sudden rainbow peculiar.

Chen Chao responded, "Isn't this Cang Prefecture?"

Yu Xiyi frowned and said, "Of course I know this is Cang Prefecture, but where in Cang Prefecture are you going?"

Chen Chao shook his head. He was not prepared to reveal the answer to this sword cultivator.

Taking a look at the saber sheath hanging from Chen Chao's waist, Yu Xiyi fell silent for a moment before saying, "I heard that a great war has begun between the northern demon race and the human race. I actually want to go North and take a look, but I'm not daring enough to go."

Chen Chao asked, "Why?"

"Because I fear that if I go to that damn place, I won't ever want to leave again. But given my current status and cultivation realm, I'll quickly end up dead."

As the sword owner of Sword Qi Mountain's Hundred Year Sword, Wild Grass, Yu Xiyi had immense fame among the younger generation. The northern demon race would naturally know his name too. Once he stepped onto that Great Wall, he would definitely become the target of the demon race and would find it difficult to leave.

Those demon race experts would keep on attacking, all the way until they killed him in the end.

Chen Chao sighed and said, "Speaking of which, I should indeed delay going over there. Perhaps I should never go there in my lifetime."

Foreign cultivators did not have much feelings towards the northern demon race. Very few cultivators would actively venture North to kill demons in that bitterly cold land.

Yu Xiyi raised an eyebrow and said, "You seem somewhat dissatisfied, thinking that it doesn't make sense."

Chen Chao did not speak. Although he had royal blood flowing in his veins, just as he had said before, he was merely a bastard. No matter what, this world and the seat of the emperor would not belong to him. He should not be emotionally affected by such matters. However, for some unknown reason, he could not help but think of that woman.

He previously never thought that the woman would be like that.

Hence, he did not speak.

Chen Chao said, "Maybe someone in that city will get eaten tonight."

Yu Xiyi nodded, "As a matter of fact, they are quite unfortunate. They will be trapped here for life, unable to escape."

Ordinary commoners usually lived in the same place for generations. Unless there was some opportunity, they rarely left the place they were born and raised. Firstly, it was because they felt nostalgic about their homeland. On the other hand, it was because they were physically weak. Once they left the city, the outside world was even more dangerous. They were likely to become a meal for those demons outside the moment they went outside of the city.

After all, existences who could afford to spend large sums of skygold currency to hire those cultivators were very rare.

Chen Chao pressed onto the hilt of his saber and the qi within his body began to flow as he adjusted his breathing.

Yu Xiyi looked at him and asked with some curiosity, "Are you going to kill demons?"

Chen Chao said, "Why not?"

He quickly understood Yu Xiyi's thoughts and said calmly, "You may think these demons are very ordinary and unworthy of your sword. But their existence posed a great threat to these ordinary civilians."

Yu Xiyi raised an eyebrow, thought about it for a moment, and said with a nod, "You make a valid point."

Then, he felt a bit guilty.

His sword was very strong, so naturally, he would think about killing demons he deemed worthy of being killed. Over the years, as he traveled the world and killed demons, he would target increasingly stronger demons. How could he concern himself with these ordinary demons?

However, in reality, stronger demons rarely preyed on ordinary people for food. Instead, it was often the lower-level demons that posed the greatest threat.

Yu Xiyi smiled faintly and said softly, "In that case, shall we eliminate the demons on sight?"

As he spoke, the flying sword Wild Grass unsheathed from its scabbard, stirring up a surge of sword intent.

Sword cries lingered incessantly between heaven and earth.

Wild Grass flew through the air, moving in accordance with Yu Xiyi's thoughts. Due to the vast difference in their cultivation levels, he did not have any apprehensions. He simply expanded his sword sense and enveloped all the nearby demons.

In an instant, it seemed like a massive circle appeared between heaven and earth. Within this vast encirclement, demons were scattering everywhere in fear, trying to escape. But no matter how much they wanted to leave, they would all immediately die under a streak of sword intent.

The sword intent was very casual, yet brimming with vitality.

It was like a resilient wild grass.

As Yu Xiyi unleashed his sword, he casually said with a laugh, "My Sword Dao actually originates from the word 'insignificance'. That's why, when I went up the mountain to obtain the sword, out of all the swords on the mountain, it took fancy on me. Actually, it also knows that it's fundamentally the same as me."

Chen Chao did not hear these words, he just watched Yu Xiyi and asked rather curiously, "It's said that sword cultivators have unparalleled killing power in the world. Are other cultivators unable to defeat them?"

Yu Xiyi looked at Chen Chao, absorbed in thought.

Chen Chao gripped his saber and grinned, "Sword cultivators are truly admirable."

Upon hearing this, Yu Xiyi was initially taken aback, but soon burst into laughter.

Chen Chao looked at the young sword cultivator in front of him and said nothing.