The Sect Master of Lingshang Sword Sect’s old legs went weak on the spot.
But with so many fellow Sword Cultivators watching, apologizing would make him a laughingstock, and refusing to apologize while his mountain got leveled would also make him a laughingstock.
Since he’d be a laughingstock either way, why sacrifice his own mountain? Might as well just bow his head…
“Go ahead and blow up every Sword Sect around here! I’ll admit you’re tough!” A hysterical voice came from outside the village. “Aren’t you all so hard-headed? Let her blow it up if you dare! Blow it up!”
The Sect Master of Tianyun Sword Sect wasn’t crazy—he was perfectly lucid. His best way to save face was to drag everyone else down with him.
The Sect Master of Lingshang Sword Sect turned pale with fright and quickly said, “No, no, no! Let’s talk this out! Let’s reason together—no need for violence!”
The Sect Master of Lingshang Sword Sect had no intention of being led into a trap by this old brother.
Go ahead and act tough? The cannon was currently pointed right at his hometown! He didn’t have the luxury of posturing.
Furious, he sat up straight from his wheelchair and glared at the Sect Master of Tianyun Sword Sect outside the village: “What did you say? Say it again if you dare?”
But Jiang Ke’er seemed not to hear him at all, and abruptly declared, “I said blow it up if you dare!”
The Sect Master of Tianyun Sword Sect had completely blackened, and sneered, “Hmph!”
A dull thud sounded, and under the Sect Master of Lingshang Sword Sect’s stunned gaze, a plume of smoke rose in the distance.
Another mountain’s silhouette vanished without a trace.
That was the direction of his hometown.
“I hate it most when people say I don’t dare!”
Jiang Ke’er irritably formed another orb of crimson spiritual power and swept her gaze across the surrounding Cultivation Sects: “Anyone else?”
Facing Jiang Ke’er’s stare, the crowd stumbled back a step in terror. They were all Honored Ones or masters of the seventh cultivation level, yet at this moment…
The Sect Master of Tianyun Sword Sect laughed; the Sect Master of Lingshang Sword Sect wept.
“You old bastard of Tianyun, I’ll fight you to the death!”
Though he couldn’t touch this village, the Tianyun Sword Sect was still a fight he could pick.
The Sect Master of Lingshang Sword Sect drew his sword and charged at the Sect Master of Tianyun Sword Sect, who shouted, “Wait—we should unite against a common enemy… holy crap you’re actually swinging! Ah—help!”
Jiang Ke’er really was that tough, blowing up people’s hometowns without batting an eye. The surrounding Sect Masters were genuinely terrified—no one had imagined Jiang Ke’er was holding a nuclear weapon.
Madmen weren’t scary; what was scary was a madman holding a nuclear weapon.
They didn’t dare meet Jiang Ke’er’s eyes at all. In an instant they scattered like birds, fleeing in every direction. They had to rush back to their hometowns at top speed to pack up and urgently upgrade their defensive formations.
Only when everyone had run clean away did Jiang Ke’er relax a little, extinguishing the energy cannon above her head.
“Shifu…” Pei Zheng said, full of guilt, “I’m sorry, I didn’t expect…”
“It has nothing to do with you.” Jiang Ke’er looked up at the four large characters reading [Blue Lotus Sword Sect] above her, jumped up to straighten the plaque, and revealed a faint smile. “The calligraphy is decent. Looks like you didn’t slack off last night. Not bad.”
It was the first time Pei Zheng had ever heard Jiang Ke’er praise him.
But under the current circumstances, he couldn’t bring himself to feel happy.
He lowered his head with worry: “Shifu, I caused trouble. Please punish me.”
“You didn’t cause trouble. From the day you started practicing the sword, it was inevitable that countless flies would come buzzing around us.” Jiang Ke’er paused.
“Rather than wait for them to pull tricks, it’s better to strike first and disgust them. At least from now on, we won’t be at a loss.”
It was supposed to be an unpleasant situation, but after hearing Jiang Ke’er’s explanation, Pei Zheng inexplicably wanted to laugh.
His Shifu really was an extraordinary woman—always saying things that stunned people.
“But I can fight them off, yet I can’t fight them into submission, and I can’t fight you into submission either.” Jiang Ke’er said in a low voice.
“Shifu?” Pei Zheng was confused.
“I can only provide you with an environment for cultivation, but your Sword Dao—you’ll have to find it yourself.” Jiang Ke’er patted the young man’s shoulder. “No rush. You’re still young.”
Pei Zheng knew his Shifu had seen through his confusion, and couldn’t help feeling a wave of shame.
But he protested, “I’m not young!”
Suddenly he paused and asked, “I’ve been wanting to ask for a while—Shifu, how old are you?”
“Me?” Jiang Ke’er counted on her fair, delicate fingers. “Two hundred?”
“Two years old! Hahaha, I’m two years old!”
Jiang Ke’er was cackling madly.
Pei Zheng’s mouth twitched uncontrollably.
Sure enough, a woman’s age was an untouchable topic. Look—just mentioning age had driven his Shifu insane.
Jiang Ke’er waved at Pei Zheng, starting to shoo him off: “Alright, you should rest. Look at those dark circles under your eyes. Your Shiniang and I still have things to discuss.”
Pei Zheng bowed slightly: “Shiniang?”
But he quickly bowed to Qiao Xiaoxian: “Greetings, Shiniang!”
“Mhm… Shiniang?” Qiao Xiaoxian gave a knowing smile but didn’t make a fuss. “Fine, you go on back now.”
Pei Zheng left.
Jiang Ke’er closed the courtyard gate, lay down on the mountain of magic crystals in the yard with an air of showing off, elegantly held a glass of red wine, and a haughty smirk curled at the corner of her mouth.
She looked at Qiao Xiaoxian: “Understand now? Now do you see who the real Head of the Family is?”
“Hm? What do you mean?” Qiao Xiaoxian was puzzled.
But she also had a lot to tell Jiang Ke’er, so she lay down on the pile of magic crystals too, wrapped an arm around Jiang Ke’er, pinched her cheek, and smiled: “Did you miss me? Want to hear what I’ve been up to these past few days?”
“Heh, go ahead.” Jiang Ke’er took a pretentious sip of red wine.
“Have you heard of the Taixu Clan?”
“When I was out at sea with Uncle Zhao, we lost our way in a storm and drifted to an uninhabited island.”
“Quite the traditional adventure opening.”
Jiang Ke’er felt an inexplicable pang of envy.
Why isn’t the protagonist me?
“Anyway, that’s how the story began.”
The first thing Qiao Xiaoxian found was a sea chart.
The chart marked many uncharted islands. These islands were clearly right there in the nearby waters, yet the fishermen all claimed they’d never seen them.
Later they learned that formations had hidden the islands away, and specific runes had to be drawn to unlock them.
Luckily, the chart showed how to draw the runes.
And so, a mountain of uncharted paradise lands opened up to Qiao Xiaoxian.
Brand-new pristine islands—on those islands she also found many strange objects that didn’t exist in Shenzhou.
Qiao Xiaoxian understood these discoveries were of great importance, so her first thought was to report them to the court. Following the map’s guidance, she kept finding one island after another.
She personally made a trip to the Imperial Capital and reported the matter to Li Yuan as a common citizen.
Li Yuan made an immediate decision, dispatching the Southeast Navy to accompany Qiao Xiaoxian in exploring those pristine islands.
“Simply put, these past few days I’ve just been touring the various islands with the soldiers.” Qiao Xiaoxian smiled. “It’s just a shame we didn’t find anything like pirate treasure.”
“That’s good.”
Jiang Ke’er let out a huge sigh of relief.
“But His Excellency Li Yuan rewarded me with ten billion magic crystals.”
“How much?”
“Ten billion~”
“Oh, right.” Qiao Xiaoxian suddenly remembered Jiang Ke’er’s earlier topic. “You said something about Head of the Family just now… what did you mean?”
“Nothing.”
“Don’t leave me hanging!”
Qiao Xiaoxian protested and tickled Jiang Ke’er’s ribs.
“Haha… stop it… you should rest first… I’m going out for a bit.”
“So late? For what?”
“Comparing—Fire Flame Mouth.”
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