Chapter 434 - 230: Cyan Nether, Snow Shattering, Merak, Qianji

When Liou Yuan’s palm touched the sword’s blade.

The aura around Liou Yuan surged to the peak, with shattered leaves torn by his Sword Qi and scattering around. At this moment, under the influence of that sword stance, everything halted abruptly in mid-air.

Not just the leaves, even the ripples on the water seemed to freeze under the sword’s impression.

Clang!

Emerald light flashed like a cold star, shooting from Liou Yuan’s body into the night sky.

A streak of verdant color remained across the starry and moonlit night, breathtaking and attention-grabbing.

Liou Yuan was about to unleash this sword.

At the crucial moment, his eyes suddenly regained clarity, the golden glow in his pupils freezing on a shadow within the forest on the riverbank outside.

The figures of two women stood in the darkness.

One was a Female Cultivator in a light cyan dress, and the other a Female Sword Cultivator carrying a black longsword.

The Female Cultivator in the dress was unknown to Liou Yuan, but he recognized Lin Qianyin, and guessed the Female Cultivator was likely Wan Dongling from the Yanluo Sect.

In front of outsiders, he certainly couldn’t display the sword he had just understood.

"Phew!" Taking a deep breath, Liou Yuan slowly closed his eyes, forcibly suppressing the desire to swing his sword.

The sword edge condensed of Sword Qi at his waist slowly dissipated in his hand.

This scene caused Lin Qianyin in the forest to frown slightly.

Even Wan Dongling, despite being a Foundation Establishment Great Cultivator, showed regret and sighed to Lin Qianyin with a gentle voice, "We were too reckless."

Originally, one might expect her to say something self-critical, until she expressed the rest of her thought: "We hurried over too quickly, didn’t employ enough to conceal our presence, and our Blinding Skill was shattered by this kid’s Sword Qi, giving him caution, preventing the display of this astonishing sword."

With that, Wan Dongling glanced past Liou Yuan towards the opposite riverbank.

An elder in a crimson robe also appeared there.

It was Fang Yu, Protector of the Five Extremes Mountain.

He was assigned to receive guests from Yanluo Sect, but actually to monitor Wan Dongling and her group’s movements, and naturally would follow once they moved.

Zhao Zhuoran had also witnessed Liou Yuan’s stance ready to swing.

His old face showed shocked surprise.

Even without the sword being swung, Zhao Zhuoran could gauge its power as a Foundation Establishment Great Cultivator.

"Who under Foundation Establishment could withstand this sword!"

"This sword stance is certainly not from any Five Extremes Mountain sword manual. This kid’s comprehension is terrifying, he’s already forging his own path in Sword Dao, creating new Sword Dao!"

In the past twenty years of Five Extremes Mountain, only one person had reached Liou Yuan’s height in Sword Dao while in the Qi Cultivation Realm.

That was Liou Yuan’s brother, Liou Zhen.

Zhao Zhuoran seemed to foresee the fate of the Liou Family, thinking with certainty: "This battle in the Chaotic Scene, the Liou Family is finished."

Elsewhere, Wan Dongling also relayed similar sentiments to Lin Qianyin.

"His Sword Dao realm has already surpassed yours, don’t cause him trouble, his tolerance yesterday was already a concession."

Lin Qianyin, having pride of her own, stubbornly replied lowly despite Wan Dongling’s words, "Not necessarily!"

However, the complex emotions dimmed in her gaze as she looked at the figure of the young man standing solo at the riverbank.

Among peers, Lin Qianyin had never conceded to anyone.

Even when her spirit was smothered at the Five Extremes Mountain by Lv Zexuan, it was due only to his Cultivation Realm being superior, thus Lin Qianyin harbored disdain.

She also felt unconvinced by Wan Dongling’s assessment.

"Sigh." Wan Dongling knew Lin Qianyin’s nature well, and refrained from further words that might undermine her Dao heart.

She only gazed at Liou Yuan’s back, muttering under her breath: "Liou Zhen’s Sword Dao already carries potential to dominate both Jiuli and Jin Dynasty’s Foundation Establishments."

"His brother Liou Yuan is also a born Sword Dao prodigy, a family of two swords; in the future, Five Extremes Mountain may rise to the foremost Sword Dao in the Cyan Feather Realm for a century."

Using "may rise" was owing to a distinguished sword cultivation sect far on the other end of Cyan Feather Realm, known as Lingyuan.

The commotion stirred by Liou Yuan’s sword drew many Foundation Establishment Great Cultivators active in the Outer Sect.

Not just Wan Dongling and Zhao Zhuoran.

Within a mere three breaths after the two Foundation Establishments arrived at the riverbank.

Two streams of light swept down from Five Extremes Mountain, revealing themselves.

It was his older brother Liou Zhen, and Fang Yu, the guide of the fifth peak.

Liou Yuan exchanged a distant glance with Liou Zhen and nodded.

Liou Zhen sensed the lingering Sword Qi in the air and expressed unabashed satisfaction.

"Your brother’s Sword Dao talent is no less than yours in your youth." Fang Yu, despite not practicing swords, could sense the Sword Qi, and couldn’t help marveling at the figure by the riverbank.

"It seems like within a few years he’ll reach Foundation Establishment, and the Inner Sect welcomes another top Sword Cultivator."

Normally reserved, Liou Zhen surprisingly uttered a sentence even Fang Yu felt was arrogant.

"My younger brother Liou Yuan possesses Golden Core potential. In the days to come, the swordsmanship of Five Extremes Mountain will see the Liou Family grasp the lead."

Liou Zhen’s words weren’t held back, resonating clearly in the ears of both Wan Dongling and Zhao Zhuoran.

Both Foundation Establishments adopted solemn expressions.

They knew Liou Zhen’s words weren’t mere boasting.

Lin Qianyin glanced at the poised Liou Zhen in the sky before focusing on Liou Yuan standing by the riverbank, gripping her black iron sword tightly.

All these Foundation Establishments were drawn by the might of Liou Yuan’s sword.