"Senior Huzi, Senior Lang, are you okay?", Hou Zihen asked with a concerned look on his face. Both of the emperors didn't reply to him immediately as they were too busy in supressing their soul injuries.
"Ying Chao, you cunning bastard! Tell me the truth, which senior is protecting you all along?", Hou Zihen inquired. There was a tensed expression on his face as he thought about the emperor realm experts of the Xuantian sect.
"Zihen, you fool! Withdraw immediately. Do whatever you can to escape this place", one of the emperor spoke. Other emperor also nodded his head and looked towards the other experts from his group.
"All of you, try to escape however you can. We two will try to hold their experts for a while", the emperor realm expert spoke. There was a cautious look on his face as he watched the surrounding with vigilance in his eyes.
"What a farce! The Heavenly sword sect is getting mediocre with each passing days.
And here I thought, I will have some more fun before slaying you", an eerie voice came out from the surrounding.
The enemy experts consisting of two emperors and five Heavenly tribulation realm experts froze in their places after they heard the eerie sound. Their hearts were gripped with fear as they looked at the surrounding with extreme cautious on their faces.
"Their is no point in escaping. Surrender yourselves and I promise, it will be a painless death for all of you", the voice added again. This time, everyone could perceive where the speaker was. So, everyone present looked at that direction to see the appearance of the speaker.
A figure materialized in the mid air at a distant location. He was holding a great bow which was almost of the same length as his height.
The bow wielding expert took a step forward and he reached near the place where Zhan Chen was standing. Zhan Chen became slightly cautious but his cautious look turned into that of surprise when he laid his eyes on the ancient robe that the bow wielding expert was wearing.
There was a symbol of five leaves engraved on the ancient looking robe. Anyone from the Zhan family would recognise this symbol as it was the ancient signia of the Zhan clan since their inception.
"Greetings ancestor", Zhan Chen bowed towards the bow wielding expert who was standing near him. The eyes of the bow wielding expert became soft for for a moment before he reverted to his cold looking expression.
"A great bow, Insignia of the Zhan clan and such a murderous aura! I beleive we are unfortunate to come across this man!", an emperor of the Heavenly sword sect murmured under his breath. There was a shocked expression on his face as he looked towards the bow wielding expert who was standing close to Zhan Chen.
"Elder brother Huzi, come to your sense. How can we fight him if you lost your composure at such a time", the other emperor realm expert from the Heavenly sword sect frowned after seeing the facial expression of his companion.
"Fight! You think, we can fight! No emperor dare stand and fight him if they here that butcher of the Zhan clan, Zhan Youngyou was coming", the emperor of the Heavenly sword sect spoke with a dazed expression on his face.
The expression of the other emperor also changed after he heard the word 'Zhan Youngyou' from his companion 's mouth. "How is it possible?", he could only utter this much before a storm swept across the Heavenly sword sect's experts.
It was a quick and bloody storm. Nothing remained except blood and gore after the storm swept past. The face of the Zhan Chen 's women and Jia Lingyi contorted with disgust after they saw what happened infront of them.
"Bleh!", Li Shu was the first to throw up as she couldn't control herself anymore. Kai Min and Zi Ningxi was the next as they couldn't stop the churning in their stomachs.
Li Yan and Zi Nuan were also feeling the same but they managed to hold back. Jia Lingyi also managed to control herself but her icy expression was no more. Rather she looked at the bow wielding man with vigilance and apprehension in her eyes.
"Can't even tolerate this much! This shows how inexperienced you are at your age", the bow wielding expert spoke. He still had the cold look on his face as he looked towards Zhan Chen's women.
Zhan Chen frowned slightly but didn't say anything. The words of the bow wielding expert was harsh but he was telling the bitter truth of the cultivation world.
"Greetings senior. Excuse me for my disrespect untill now", Ying Chao bowed towards the bow wielding expert. There was some fear and curiousity in his eyes as he looked towards the cold looking expert.
"Late Tribulation realm, Xuantian sect! Good for you but you still need some moulding before you reach the quasi emperor realm", the bow wielding expert spoke.
"Senior, thanks for your words. My name is Ying Chao. I am an elder of the Xuantian sect. If it is not too much can I have your esteemed name", Ying Chao asked.
"Zhan Youngyou'", the bow wielding expert spoke. He didn't talk too much with Ying Chao before shifting his gaze towards Zhan Chen and Zhan Qingyue.
"Girl, there is something different about you. I can feel an another bloodline other than my Zhan clan's", the bow wielding expert spoke.
Zhan Qingyue felt confused but she didn't think too much at that moment. Rather, she was happy that their Zhan clan had another mighty ancestor other than Zhan Lin.
She showed proper etiquette infront of her ancestor and a smile appeared on the cold face of Zhan Youngyou.
"I thought our clan is done for. There is nothing but hate remained in my heart after I woke up from my slumber. Holy tree saved my Zhan clan as always. But seeing her weakened state, I have nothing but hate and anguish towards this world.
I am fortunate that senior Xuan stopped me at that time. Otherwise, it would have been impossible to see my Zhan clan living and prospering once again", Zhan Youngyou spoke. There was a gratified look on his face as he looked at Zhan Chen and Zhan Qingyue once again.
"Have you two joined the Xuantian sect?", Zhan Youngyou looked towards Zhan Chen and Zhan Qingyue.
"Senior, he is the winner of this year's grand sect competition. So, he is entitled to choose whichever sect he can. But the girl....!", Ying Chao spoke from the side.
"What about the girl? Do your sect have any problem to take one of my clan memeber?", Zhan Youngyou frowned.
Cold sweat appeared on the forehead of Ying Chao after he saw the frowning look on Zhan Youngyou's face. "Senior, we have not admitted her yet. But let me assure you, I will do my best to take her in as a inner court disciple", Ying Chao spoke. There was a look of helplessness on his face as he recalled one line of caution from his teacher.
'You can find anyone unreasonable but try to bear with them because you will understand the true meaning of 'unreasonable' when you come across the mad men from the Zhan clan.'