Chapter 603 - 339: I Am Also a Fool!

A major event in the Jianghu.

Chen Yi naturally knew about it. It was nothing more than the duel between Immortal Bai and some swordsman.

"What’s the matter?" Chen Yi asked.

Seeing him looking over, Pei Guanli lowered her voice and said, "Ah Ma said in her letter that Immortal Bai, the most powerful person in the Jianghu, is going to duel someone in the upper reaches of the Chishui River."

"Duel who?"

"Monarch Xue Jian, Lone Immortal Ye."

Chen Yi raised an eyebrow. "This person..."

"Brother-in-law, you also know Monarch Xue Jian? My brother and Third Granduncle both said he is the most powerful swordsman after Sword Master Li Wudang."

"...Never heard of him."

"He—" Pei Guanli’s joyful smile faltered. "You’ve never heard of him, brother-in-law?"

Chen Yi smiled and nodded. "I really don’t know him."

These past few days, his mind had been focused on solving the Xiao family’s troubles. The Jianghu anecdotes he occasionally heard were only fragmented and incomplete. Like the reclusive Immortal Bai, as well as his disciple Shui Hetong. Xiao Jinghong’s master, Sword Master Li Wudang. Liu Lang’s master, Sword Ghost Chu Xiudao, and the Celestial Sect where Xie Tingyun and Shen Huatang were from. These great seniors of the Jianghu were mostly connected to the people around Chen Yi, so he had heard more about them. As for the other Jianghu People, he naturally had never heard of them and didn’t care much either.

"Tell me, what’s the background of this Monarch Xue Jian, Lone Immortal Ye?"

Pei Guanli’s expression immediately brightened. She began to chatter away about Lone Immortal Ye.

She originally didn’t know who Monarch Xue Jian was either. Fortunately, Pei Qian and the others had told her quite a bit before they left.

"Alone on the snowy peak for nineteen springs,

Plum blossoms fall on shoulders untouched by dust.

Today I draw my sword for you,

Only to realize I, too, am a fool.

"Monarch Xue Jian was originally a legitimate son of the Ye family in Ji State. He was born with extraordinary talent.

"It’s said that he started practicing Martial Arts at the age of six, and broke through to the Eighth Grade Realm by eight... Brother-in-law, what are you laughing at?"

Chen Yi held back his laughter and waved his hand. "I’m not laughing, I’m not. Go on."

Pei Guanli puffed out her cheeks, her round face full of indignation. "I just had a mishap when practicing Martial Arts, but my Cultivation is also close to the Seventh Grade now."

However, thinking of Chen Yi’s current title of "Dragon Tiger," she muttered a few words in resignation, saying things about how Third Granduncle had taught her a lot and that she would sooner or later reach the Middle Three Grades Realm.

Before Chen Yi could offer a few words of comfort, she continued, "Third Granduncle said that Lone Immortal Ye reached the Sixth Grade at ten, and by fifteen, his Cultivation had already reached the Upper Fourth Grade. He was only one step away from breaking through to the Upper Three Grades Realm.

"But right at that time..."

When Lone Immortal Ye was sixteen, the Ye family committed a taboo. Not only did they offend a prominent family in Ji State, but they also accidentally killed a core disciple of the Gouchen Sect, bringing a great disaster upon the Ye family. First, the taverns the family relied on for their livelihood were ransacked. Then, the distant branch members died bizarre deaths one after another. And just as they were discussing whether to fight or seek peace, the people from the Gouchen Sect launched a night attack on their doorstep.

It was the Mid-Autumn Festival. There were exactly one hundred and forty-three people in the Ye family’s ancestral estate. Despite their desperate resistance, under the overwhelming power of the Gouchen Sect Leader, Lone Immortal Ye was the only one in the entire Ye family to escape alive.

"After that, the Gouchen Sect relentlessly hunted Lone Immortal Ye down..." Pei Guanli waved her fist, looking indignant herself. "Fortunately, Lone Immortal Ye was strong enough. Not only did he escape, but he also took less than two years to advance his Cultivation to the First Grade Realm."

Chen Yi nodded in understanding. "And then he successfully took his revenge?"

Pei Guanli’s small face fell, and she shook her head. "He only wiped out the entire Gouchen Sect. As for that prominent family, many of their people survived."

"Oh?"

"According to my Third Granduncle, Lone Immortal Ye was saved by a woman while he was on the run. By sheer coincidence, she turned out to be the young lady of that very same prominent family."

"So..." Chen Yi raised an eyebrow. "So he let that family off?"

Pei Guanli hummed in agreement and pouted. "When he went to seek revenge, he finally discovered that the woman belonged to that family, and..." Shaking Chen Yi’s hand, she added, "And by that time, they had already developed feelings for each other."

"That family managed to survive thanks to that woman..."

Chen Yi couldn’t help but laugh, likely finding such a story a bit clichéd.

Who knew Pei Guanli’s eyes would dart around as she asked him with a cheeky grin, "Brother-in-law, what would you do if you were Lone Immortal Ye?"

"Me?" Chen Yi thought about it seriously and shook his head. "Me? I don’t know. But of course, it’s impossible for me to ever end up in that kind of situation."

Hadn’t he spent so much time on Cultivation just to protect himself and the people around him from harm? Given this, if he still managed to fall into a situation like Lone Immortal Ye’s, he might as well just bang his head against a brick wall.

"What if... it was someone from the Mountain Race who killed the Chen family?"

"The Chen family? Then let them be killed."

Pei Guanli froze for a moment. "Brother-in-law, you wouldn’t avenge the Chen family?"

Chen Yi smiled and tapped her forehead. "Because you are in the Mountain Race."

Pei Guanli immediately giggled, her face showing a rare blush. "Brother-in-law, I’d never put you in a tough spot.

"If anyone from the Mountain Race really is blind enough to cross you, I promise to plant a few Gu Insects in them and make them regret ever being born."

"You’re one to talk," Chen Yi said. "Did you forget about Poisoning Chen Yunfan last time?"

"Ah, geez..."

Amidst the chatter and laughter, by the time Xiaodie came to announce that lunch was ready, Chen Yi had mostly understood what kind of person Lone Immortal Ye was.

After settling his grievances with the Le family—the prominent family in Ji State—Lone Immortal Ye lived a reclusive life, hiding away from the world. He stayed hidden for nineteen years. When he descended the mountain again, his Cultivation had reached the Grandmaster Realm, achieving Sword Dao Perfection. The last time news of Lone Immortal Ye spread was four years ago when he challenged Li Jin, a Grandmaster Realm swordsman in Ji State, and killed him in just ten sword strikes.

Chen Yi ate his lunch while silently calculating in his mind. If Lone Immortal Ye was capable of challenging Immortal Bai, his Cultivation and Sword Dao must have both ascended to a whole new level.