A huge building measuring several thousand square meters was shrouded in a formation of light curtain, whizzing past in the sky.
Squeak!
The flocks of birds flying in the sky were frightened and fled in all directions when they saw such a huge creature.
Along the way, any passerby who spotted it couldn't help but take a breath of cold air and was extremely shocked by it.
Some good people even flew into the sky on monster beasts to see what happened.
But I was surprised to find that this flying pavilion seemed more and more familiar the more I looked at it.
Looking carefully, it turned out to be the Qi Feng Pavilion they had visited before in Baotong City!
According to the route on the map, the building with the signboard "Qi Feng Pavilion" was currently heading towards the direction of Meteor Island, flying leisurely and at a constant speed.
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At the junction of the Chu Yan Dynasty and the Lu Yue Dynasty, there was a sword and bamboo forest.
This kind of green bamboo is shaped like a sword and is several times harder than ordinary bamboo. The sound of the dense bamboo leaves rippling in the wind seems to contain the echo of sword energy, which is mysterious and unpredictable.
It is of great benefit for warriors who practice swordsmanship to practice and understand the meaning of swords here.
Under the setting sun, in the sword and bamboo forest, a white figure sat cross-legged on the rock.
He closed his eyes slightly, feeling the sound of the bamboo leaves blowing in the wind around him.
This man, with a handsome face and simple white clothes, is Ye Han.
After two years of experience, his young face has become more mature.
At this time, Ye Han clearly felt that the wind around him had increased significantly, and the swaying bamboo leaves rustled.
Immediately afterwards, a huge black shadow also covered this area.
Ye Han opened his eyes, and a sharp light flashed through his eyes.
He looked up and through the gaps between the bamboo leaves, he saw Qifeng Pavilion, which happened to be flying overhead.
"The world of martial arts is indeed full of strange things. If you don't come out to experience and increase your knowledge, you are nothing more than a frog in the well."
Seeing this scene, Ye Han's eyes were slightly startled, and he couldn't help but sigh while muttering to himself.
In the past, he was the leader of the younger generation of the Ye family. He was proud of his talent and stuck in his own ways.
However, since the appearance of Ye Yang, his status in the family has been shaken, but it has also indirectly changed his previous mentality.
After two years of experience and traveling around dangerous places in Tianyu Continent, Ye Han's knowledge, mood, and strength have all increased a lot.
Then, as Qi Feng Pavilion flew away, the restlessness caused by the wind in the Sword Bamboo Forest gradually returned to normal.
Ye Han's eyes suddenly became sharp.
"Qiang!"
There was a sonorous sword cry, and the dragon-patterned sword behind him was unsheathed.
Ye Han held the sword with one hand and stabbed the shadow behind him with a sharp sword.
laugh!
The next moment, I saw the reflection suddenly distorted strangely, and a thick black gas emerged.
Ye Han's eyes turned cold, and the energy fluctuations surging throughout his body suddenly erupted into majestic sword energy and roared out.
The black air that had just risen was instantly blown away by the shock.
In this regard, Ye Han's stern eyes still did not relax at all.
"No need to hide, come out."
He glanced around with stern eyes and said coldly.
"Tsk tsk, you are indeed very vigilant."
A cold laugh sounded suddenly, "Like Ye Yang, he is indeed an outstanding contemporary disciple of the Ye family."
Immediately afterwards, the reflection of one of the sword bamboos squirmed slowly on the ground, and suddenly transformed into a man in black in front of Ye Han's eyes.
It was the guy who attacked Ye Yang in the alley of Baotong City.
The black-clad bodyguard of Emperor Chu Haoyan, Wu Tian.
"Ye Yang?"
Hearing this, Ye Han's eyes darkened and he said coldly: "Did you attack him?"
Wu Tian smiled sinisterly, "You are very smart and you can guess right."
Upon hearing this, Ye Han's aura instantly became cold and stern.
Wu Tian sneered disapprovingly and said: "That boy is very capable. He was able to build up Meteor Island, which is beyond everyone's expectation."
"If you hadn't thought about his value to the royal family, do you think you could still be alive today?"
As he spoke, Ye Han clearly understood the meaning.
In other words, Ye Yang is still alive.
"Besides me, you have no right to touch him!"
Ye Han stared at Wu Tian with a stern look, with an undisguised coldness and arrogance in his tone.
"you?"
Wu Tian laughed angrily, "As the saying goes, there is no room for two tigers in one mountain."
"If Ye Yang hadn't appeared, with your qualifications, you would definitely be the next heir to the Ye family."
"However, you are willing to experience wandering outside instead of going back to compete with Ye Yang, which is equivalent to defeat without a fight."
Speaking of this, he shook his head and said sarcastically: "With the competition for interests, there is no fair competition."
Ye Han looked cold and said calmly without denying: "It is not the turn of outsiders to interfere in our own affairs."
Wu Tian narrowed his eyes slightly and said slowly and gloomily: "What if the person who intervened is our emperor?"
emperor?
Hearing this, Ye Han was startled.
What does this guy mean?
"It's very simple. The Emperor only needs your loyalty."
Wu Tian looked at Ye Han jokingly, and said with a deep smile: "And you will become the next head of the Ye family."
Ye Hanjian frowned, "The head of the family will decide who the successor will be. I know myself."
"You are a smart man, you should have guessed what I want to say."
Wu Tian shook his head and continued: "If Ye Junxiong suddenly dies suddenly and the Ye family is leaderless, and there is imperial power interference, who do you think has a better chance of becoming the head of the Ye family?"
The head of the family died suddenly?!
Hearing this, Ye Han suddenly scolded: "I said, no matter what the situation is, it is not the turn of outsiders to interfere in our Ye family's affairs!"
"Including Chu Haoyan!"
This time, what Wu Tian said clearly violated Ye Han's bottom line, and he even called the emperor by his name.
"Sure enough, you are an elm-headed man. No wonder you can't beat Ye Yang."
Wu Tian snorted coldly and activated the provoking method.
"The winner between Ye Yang and I hasn't really been decided yet, so I won't bother you."
A sneer appeared at the corner of Ye Han's mouth, but he suddenly changed the subject and asked: "I'm curious, when did you fight Ye Yang?"
"As far as I know, he should be the lord of Meteor Island and live a happy life."
Wu Tian shook his head, "It seems you don't know that kid well yet. He, like you, has been practicing outside."
"More than a year ago, I found him in Baotong City."
Hearing this, Ye Han's face changed slightly.
Immediately, his eyes sharpened and he said coldly: "In that case, I'd like to use you to test the results of my two years of experience."
The moment he finished speaking, Ye Han held the dragon pattern sword in his hand and swung it suddenly.
Swish——!
A bright sword light shot out as fast as lightning, instantly piercing Wu Tian's body.
"laugh!"
However, the moment Wu Tian was hit, his body suddenly turned into a ball of black energy.
It's obviously a shadow clone.
Ye Han seemed to have expected it, and struck another sword with his backhand.
The fierce sword energy exploded, and the sword energy plowed a deep ravine on the ground, which went straight to a green bamboo not far away.
Wu Tian's true body was hiding in the shadow of this bamboo.
Bang! Boom!
A burst of shattering sound resounded, and the green bamboo instantly exploded into pieces.
Immediately afterwards, a black shadow was also blown out.
"What a strong sword energy!"
Wu Tian was shocked. When he looked at Ye Han again, he no longer dared to look down upon him in the slightest.
Because Ye Han's current strength is much stronger than before!
Moreover, this guy can actually understand the existence of his own body.
As a result, using the advantage of hiding one's own shadow martial soul is completely useless.
"Boy, don't be too confident."
Wu Tian looked gloomy, staring at Ye Han with murderous intent in his eyes, and said coldly: "Do you really think that after two years of experience, you can compete with me?"
"Killing you is easy."
As he spoke, the shadow behind him squirmed quietly, actually pulling onto the reflection of one of the bamboos, and then quickly connected with the shadows of the surrounding bamboos, and soon reached the bamboo behind Ye Han.
Whoosh!
The moment the bamboo shadow stretched out, it swept towards Ye Han without any warning and controlled his shadow.
Ye Han's body trembled slightly, and he suddenly felt unable to move, as if he was restrained by some powerful force.
"I said, killing you is easy."
Wu Tian smiled solemnly, "If you fall victim to my shadow binding technique, you will have to wait to be slaughtered by me."
"However, I can give you one last chance."
"How about assassinating Ye Junxiong and being loyal to the imperial power?"
Listening to these words, Ye Hanhan snorted, "Dream!"
Immediately afterwards, the energy all over his body surged, and as the whirlpool lingered, his clothes rustled, and the extremely sharp sword energy suddenly surged.
Just hearing a deep 'bang' sound, this so-called shadow binding technique collapsed.
"If you don't eat the toast, you'll have to drink wine as a penalty!"
Wu Tian's eyes were grim, and he immediately spread his arms and activated the shadow soul skill again.
"Shadow strangulation!"
Immediately, the surrounding bamboo shadows rushed out one after another, and circled strangely in the void at an extremely fast speed, forming a black vortex, and then enveloped Ye Han.
Facing such attacks, Ye Han stood still without dodge, holding the sword in both hands.
Under the infusion of Yuan Li, the Dragon Pattern Sword merged with the sword soul and suddenly burst into brilliant light.
As countless sword energy roared out, it seemed to form a sword field, surrounding it.
Whoosh!
Immediately, the sword light flashed, and Ye Han, who was standing motionless, suddenly disappeared, leaving only an afterimage.
This speed was so fast that even Wu Tian, who was about to attack, hadn't noticed it yet.
The black vortex formed by the bamboo shadow directly enveloped Ye Han's afterimage, and was instantly crushed into pieces.
"Um?!"
Seeing this, Wu Tian's expression changed slightly, and he finally discovered the clue.
However, at this moment, a long sword with golden patterns was stabbed from behind, instantly piercing through the chest.
laugh!
Wu Tian's body suddenly turned into a ball of black energy.
At the critical moment, this guy apparently cast his shadow clone and escaped again.
Ye Han's eyes were cold and stern as he scanned around, feeling quite troubled by this weird and varied soul skill.
"Ye Han, on the left side, hidden in the shadow of the third bamboo."
A hoarse voice sounded in Ye Han's mind.
This voice was none other than the mysterious being in his body, Mu Zong.
Just now, Ye Han was able to accurately determine where Wu Tian's body was hidden, and it was obviously Mu Zong who informed him.
"Don't take action in a hurry. When he reveals his true form again, I will have a way to deal with him in one go."
Mu Zong sneered and said with a deep smile: "This kind of little trick only confuses people."
After hearing Mu Zong's strategy, Ye Han nodded secretly, holding the dragon pattern sword in hand, and stood silently.
At this time, the sky was getting dark.
call!
A gust of evening wind blew by, and the fallen bamboo leaves were suddenly blown up and floated towards Ye Han.
There seems to be nothing unusual on the surface, but the rolling shadows among the bamboo leaves hint at murderous intent.
Faintly, an encirclement and suppression trend was actually formed.
"You can take action now, then approach the bamboo and stand with your back to it."
After hearing Mu Zong's instructions, Ye Han didn't hesitate at all. He swayed and suddenly used the Nine Shadows Creation Step to shuttle quickly.
At the same time, the dragon pattern sword in his hand was also swung violently.
The sword energy surged out crazily, and the shadows of the fluttering bamboo leaves were all shaken away.
When the last sword thrust out, Ye Han's moving body suddenly stood still.
Just as Mu Zong said, he was only two feet away from the green bamboo, and he opened his back to lure the opponent to attack.
Whoosh!
Sure enough, a black shadow suddenly burst out from the bamboo shadow. The dagger in its hand was glowing with sharp cold light and stabbed Ye Han's back and heart as fast as lightning.
Buzz——!
But in the midst of this electric light and flint, an invisible wave of cold energy suddenly enveloped the place.
Wu Tian's body-protecting vitality shield had no defensive effect at all, and the invisible energy directly invaded his body and rushed into his mind.
Soul attack!
Wu Tian was shocked, and when he realized what he was doing, he suddenly felt a splitting headache.
It felt like there were thousands of ants biting my soul, and it was extremely painful.
Affected by this, his attack offensive also came to an abrupt end.
The tip of the dagger touched Ye Han's back an inch away.
There was only one inch left to give Ye Han a fatal blow.
However, Wu Tian missed one thing, and that was the mysterious existence in Ye Han's body!
Swish——!
Without any hesitation, Ye Han's long sword in his hand was ready to slash backwards.
The sword light flashed, Wu Tian's head was directly chopped away, and blood spurted out like a tide.
"laugh."
As Wu Tian died, a humanoid black shadow also levitated from his body.
Obviously, this is Wu Tian's shadow martial spirit.
Under the energy suppression of the laws of heaven and earth, the shadow martial soul is slowly dissipating at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"The shadow martial soul is weird and unpredictable. If you can absorb it and transform it into your own second martial soul, it will be of great assistance to your future martial arts."
Mu Zong's voice sounded again.
Hearing this, Ye Han's eyes flashed, obviously he also had this thought.
At that moment, the energy in his palms filled the air, directly wrapping the shadow martial spirit, blocking the energy of heaven and earth from weakening it.
However, Ye Han didn't seem to intend to refine and absorb it here. Instead, he sealed the shadow martial spirit and put it into the Qiankun Bag.
"Actually, it's not bad for you to cooperate with the royal family. At least you will gain both fame and fortune."
Mu Zong sighed, "Is it worth it for the family?"
Ye Han lowered his eyes slightly, and after pondering for a while, he nodded and said, "It's worth it."
Immediately, he said no more and quickly rushed out of the bamboo forest.
The royal family is already preparing to take action against the Ye family, and even wants to harm the head of the family. He must rush back as soon as possible.