After a long moment of shock, they finally managed to regain their composure.
Chu Yun hesitated for a moment before cautiously asking, "Little Yi, are you the Evergreen Sword Saint?"
Chu Yi glanced at him, "What else could it be? Didn't you hear what that old Bi Deng said?"
"How is that possible!"
Chu Yun simply couldn't believe it; the gap between their identities and images was too vast!
But then again… there didn't seem to be a second possibility that could explain everything that had just happened, right?
That Chu Changhong was a Town level martial artist, and not even the head of the Alien Abilities Management Bureau could stand against him.
Apart from warriors from other martial arts families, who else could kill him so effortlessly?
It could only be the Evergreen Sword Saint and his disciples, right?
"So, the Evergreen Sword Saint is a Biotics Man?" Chu Rong suppressed his shock and speculated.
Chu Shizhong and Chu Yun also looked at Chu Yi, seeking answers.
They had previously guessed that the Evergreen Sword Saint was the head of some martial arts family.
Otherwise, how could he have trained so many powerful disciples?
But now…
With Chu Yi's identity revealed, their speculation was undoubtedly shattered.
He was only twenty-three years old!
And they had watched him grow up since he was a child!
He was no patriarch of some martial arts family!
So the only explanation was that he was a Biotics Man!
Chu Yi spoke the truth, "No, I am a Cultivator."
Chu Shizhong and the others: "???"
What on earth is a Cultivator?
Can you be serious for once?
They didn't press the issue, having grown accustomed to Chu Yi occasionally saying things that were so out of the ordinary that they were baffling.
At this moment, they were more concerned about another issue.
"What exactly are you here for in the Chu family's main lineage?"
Chu Yun hurriedly asked.
Chu Yi had just had Fan Qingling kill Chu Changhong and even left someone half-dead to send a message back.
This looked like he was here to stir up trouble!
Moreover, Chu Yi's actions were undoubtedly making enemies with the Chu family's main lineage.
It could even bring disaster to the entire Chu family's collateral branches!
After all, Chu Yi was a member of the collateral branches!
Once Chu Yun and the others realized this, they were extremely anxious.
If this matter wasn't handled well, their entire collateral branch could be doomed!
"I'm here to do three things," Chu Yi said calmly, aware of their concerns, "To kill, to plunder, and to take a woman!"
Chu Shizhong and the others: "???"
Fan Qingling: "……"
Chu Yi explained without changing his expression, "To kill because the main lineage, in order to win the loyalty of a woman named Mu Lengyu, sent the Ninth Elder to kill me. I'm here for revenge. To plunder because there's something I need in the main lineage, so it's reasonable for me to say I'm going back to my old home to fetch some things, right?"
Upon hearing this, Chu Shizhong and the others were stunned for a moment, then suddenly felt it made sense!
Could it actually be explained like this?
"Then… taking a woman is because?" Chu Yun tentatively asked.
Chu Yi said matter-of-factly, "Because I like women."
Chu Shizhong and the others: "……"
"That's not right! Little Yi, are you a match for the head of the main lineage? He's a Continent level martial artist!"
Chu Yun finally thought of the crucial point and asked with concern.
Actually, they, as members of the collateral branches, didn't have any special feelings for the main lineage.
After all, the collateral and main lineages had separated hundreds of years ago, and the blood relationship was already very thin.
Moreover, the warriors of the main lineage only saw it as a tool for amassing wealth and never regarded the collateral branches as equals.
Therefore, Chu Yun and the others were just shocked by Chu Yi's desire to kill members of the main lineage.
Of course, they were more worried about whether Chu Yi was a match for the head of the main lineage.
If Chu Yi were defeated by the head of the main lineage… Then the entire Chu family's collateral branches would be finished!
Chu Shizhong also frowned and said, "I've heard that Biotics Men are not a match for martial artists of the same level."
Chu Rong also looked worried.
Chu Yi glanced at them and said helplessly, "I told you, I'm not a Biotics Man, I'm a Cultivator. Why won't you believe me?"
Saying this, he also began to ponder, "I'm currently at the early stage of Innate Cultivation. I should be able to kill a martial artist at the peak of Condensing Elixir stage, but the head of the Chu family's main lineage is at Continent level, which corresponds to the Cultivation realm of Condensing Elixir stage… Hmm, it seems I might indeed not be a match!"
Hearing his mutterings, Fan Qingling's complexion changed, "Then why did you come here so confidently?"
Chu Yi said indifferently, "Should I also tell you that I've stored up more than three hundred years of cultivation?"
Fan Qingling: "???"
What? Cultivation can be hoarded?
Chu Shizhong and the others were utterly confused.
What's this about Innate and Condensing Elixir stages? And he's speaking as if it all makes perfect sense?
Could he really be some kind of Cultivator?
"Hmm, the spiritual energy concentration here is really not bad, even richer than the spatial rifts in Beishan."
Chu Yi took a step forward, feeling the extremely high concentration of spiritual energy around him, and nodded in satisfaction.
Even higher up, near the top of Emei Mountain, the spiritual energy was so dense that it condensed into mist.
There, a three-hundred-meter-long spatial rift, three times the size of the one in Beishan, was spewing out spiritual energy at an exponential rate.
Before coming here, Chu Yi had asked Old Hua about the situation on Emei Mountain.
Knowing that there was an even larger spatial rift here, he had come without fear.
Otherwise, he would have definitely drawn on the cultivation from his system backpack before coming.
Are you kidding? Would someone as cautious… as careful as him take any risks?
"Let's go! Let's climb a few more steps up!"
Chu Yi waved his hand and leisurely walked towards the mountain top, as if he were truly just here for a tour of Emei Mountain.
Fan Qingling followed helplessly.
Chu Shizhong and the others hesitated, exchanging glances that revealed the panic and worry in their eyes.
What kind of situation was this!
They had only come to the main lineage to receive a complete set of techniques!
How had they gotten wrapped up in the feud between the Evergreen Sword Saint and the Chu family's main lineage?
And the Evergreen Sword Saint was actually Chu Yi!!
Now, even if they wanted to disassociate themselves, they couldn't.
With no other choice, the three of them followed Chu Yi's steps with heavy hearts, filled with extreme unease.
"Getting any closer to the spatial rift would cause disintegration…"
***
At the top of the mountain.
Inside the Chu family's main lineage estate.
The member of the main lineage who had been released, dragging his near-death body, covered in deep, bone-deep wounds, and almost completely drained of flesh, struggled back to the main courtyard.
Under the astonished and puzzled gazes of the head Chu Changshan and a group of elders.
The disciple roared, "Head! The Evergreen Sword Saint has killed Steward Changhong…"
With those words, he breathed his last.
Leaving behind the main lineage's high-ranking members in utter shock.
"The Evergreen Sword Saint? Our Chu family has no grievances with him. Why would he suddenly appear on Emei Mountain and kill our Chu family's steward?!" The First Elder exclaimed in shock.
Chu Changshan's face was even darker, his eyes boiling with murderous intent.
Chu Changhong was his own brother!
No matter why the Evergreen Sword Saint had come.
Chu Changshan had already set his heart on killing him!
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