Free Web NovelChapter 1279: Chapter 1265: Night Assault
Inside the Bai Mansion.
Bai Changqiu and the three others she brought back settled in just like that.
Baiyu was not interested in this at all.
Bai Changqiu didn’t seem to have a good relationship with him. Although they were siblings, meeting each other felt more like facing an enemy.
From the mouths of those servants.
Baiyu learned that his former self in this identity was notorious for loafing around, mingling with frivolous company, and living recklessly.
He was a famous wastrel in Jiangdi City.
The Bai Family once had high hopes for him. Even Bai Changqiu would often bring elixirs and materials from within the Star Shining Sect to nurse her brother’s health.
However.
None of this worked.
No matter how Bai Changqiu helped, her brother remained useless and untrainable, breaking everyone’s heart.
Over time.
Bai Changqiu naturally went from being disappointed to utterly disheartened.
So now, her attitude is understandable. Anyone would feel overwhelmed with such a brother.
In the following two days.
Bai Changqiu was busy day and night, leaving early and returning late.
The others in the mansion dared not ask about her activities considering her prestigious status as a cultivator. Who would dare to inquire?
Even Bai Guangtao.
Dared not interfere in his daughter’s affairs.
The Bai Family owes much of its current glory to Bai Changqiu; with a cultivator like her around, few in Jiangdi City would dare to mess with the Bai Family.
Otherwise.
Even a vast amount of wealth would just make them a big, juicy target in others’ eyes.
Bai Changqiu, though often absent, always took two people with her when she left, leaving one behind at the Bai Mansion.
Baiyu continued to sit quietly in his courtyard, basking in the sun.
Ever since he fell off a horse and suffered a severe illness, he had become much quieter, something that recently became a topic of gossip among the people at the Bai Mansion.
Everyone discussed this matter.
And they speculated whether the once unruly Chaos Demon King would truly change his ways.
Bai Guangtao would have Bai Changqiu check on Baiyu.
This is why.
Bai Guangtao knew many legends of body-snatching in the cultivation world and feared his son had been a victim.
So he had Bai Changqiu, a cultivator, come to confirm.
Now that Bai Changqiu hadn’t found any issues, Bai Guangtao was naturally relieved and watched over Baiyu less strictly.
Yet.
They did not know.
His son had not been body-snatched but had simply disappeared.
Now Baiyu was unsure whether the flower bud had fabricated the memories of the people around him, creating a "Baiyu" out of nowhere, and perhaps the Bai Family never had such a person.
Of course.
Everything now was just speculation.
Baiyu was unconcerned with the affairs of the Bai Family. He sat silently in the courtyard every day, slowly recovering his Blood Qi.
The cultivators practically showed undisguised disdain towards Baiyu.
Apparently.
They had heard some stories about Baiyu.
Having such a powerful elder sister, yet he remained a wastrel, inducing both jealousy and a sense of imbalance in them toward Baiyu.
Plus, cultivators naturally harbored a superior attitude towards ordinary people.
With that, it’s easy to imagine their attitude towards Baiyu.
Yet.
Baiyu paid them no mind, ignoring them completely, since they posed no influence on him whatsoever.
He was entirely focused on one thing.
Restoring his strength.
Not aiming for peak condition, but at least to regain forty to fifty percent of his strength, ensuring he could move safely.
Otherwise.
An ordinary person in this cultivation world was incredibly vulnerable.
At night.
Baiyu lay on a chaise lounge in the courtyard, enjoying the cool night breeze, savoring the rare quiet moment.
Although unaware of the time flow difference between the Profound Origin Realm and the outer world.
However.
Baiyu felt it would not have been too long, otherwise, by the end of the contest, few would be able to ascend.
Suddenly.
While resting, Baiyu frowned slightly.
The Bai Family.
Seemingly had an uninvited guest.
He carefully perceived for a moment, then closed his eyes again, reclining back on the chaise lounge.
He didn’t know the intentions of the visitor yet.
If there was no malice, then let it be. If they came to commit murder and arson, he would have to intervene to maintain his current peaceful life, preventing this person from interfering with his plan.
Bai Changqiu hadn’t returned, leaving behind one of the Star Shining Sect’s inner sect disciples, named Jie Lifeng, who always kept a sword by his side.
At this moment.
Jie Lifeng, who was silently cultivating his Heart Method in the courtyard, suddenly frowned, sensing an unusual flow of Qi in the air, immediately opened his eyes, and drew his sword, the cold light of the blade flashing.
Clang!
Sparks erupted mid-air.
Jie Lifeng’s eyes, sharp as a sword, pierced the large tree in the courtyard, solemnly saying, "Come out, friend. You’ve already made your move, so why hide any longer?"
As soon as he finished speaking.
He swung his hand.
An invisible Sword Qi shot out instantly.
The shadow behind the tree flashed, and a figure emerged, dodging in mid-air, evading Jie Lifeng’s wavy Sword Qi.
The person was dressed in black night attire.
Their eyes were blood-red.
Holding a long, sharp saber, they stepped forward, charging toward Jie Lifeng like the wind.
Amid sword light and saber shadows.
The Qi was turbulent.
In the clash, the two exchanged hundreds of blows, leaving Jie Lifeng with a disordered internal Qi, bleeding from the fissures in his tiger’s mouth.
"Demon Blade Sect of Beijiang! Do you dare to appear in the Central Origin Realm without fearing retaliation from our Star Shining Sect!"
Jie Lifeng shouted angrily.
The Demon Blade Sect, originally a sect within the Central Origin Realm, now resided in Beijiang, harboring a great grudge against the Star Shining Sect.
The two sects once engaged in fierce battles.
The result was the Demon Blade Sect’s defeat, forcing them to retreat to Beijiang, withdrawing from the Central Origin Continent.
"Hmph, enough talk, surrender your life."
The man wielding the saber executed a teleportation, Sword Qi whistling, sending waves of monstrous Sword Qi crashing down, scraping horrific marks on the walls surrounding the courtyard.
Jie Lifeng slapped his chest, spurting bright red blood onto his longsword, Sword Qi emanating fiercely.
The opponent’s strength.
Was at least at the Qi Xuan Realm, while he, at the Bursting Realm, was no match for him.
Thus, at this moment.
He could only burn his Blood Qi, fighting with his life, looking for a chance to escape, hoping to find a way to survive.
Once he escaped.
The opponent likely wouldn’t trouble the ordinary people of the Bai Mansion.
Those from the Demon Blade Sect were undoubtedly here for the group of cultivators; over the years, they had consistently opposed the Star Shining Sect, even resorting to secretly assassinating each other’s cultivators, which had become a regular occurrence. But their activities had always been suppressed to Beijiang; finding them in Jiangdi City was entirely unexpected for Jie Lifeng.
This life-for-life strategy from Jie Lifeng seemed non-threatening in the Demon Blade Sect disciple’s eyes.
But at this moment.
The Demon Blade Sect man felt his hair stand on end, sensing an immense threat from behind.
