I Have A Sword

Ye Guan stared calmly at the lady in white. A middle-aged man was standing next to the lady in white, and his eyes were transfixed on Ye Guan. "Come out. Otherwise, the little girl and her grandmother next door will meet their end."

The town had its rules—no fighting was allowed inside of it.

The middle-aged man and his group were not daring enough to break it.

Ye Guan nodded slightly. "Alright."

The middle-aged man led the group away from the stone house.

Ye Guan looked behind him and saw Lin Daimei standing at her grandmother's door with a knife in hand.

A faint smile graced Ye Guan’s lips. "You should rest."

Lin Daimei remained silent with an unwavering gaze.

Ye Guan then walked out of the town under Qin Xue and the others' deep gaze.

It was deep in the night, and the breeze was cold outside.

Ye Guan came to a halt, facing Qin Xue and the rest.

The middle-aged man stared intently at Ye Guan, and a sense of unease suddenly gripped his heart. The sense of unease was growing stronger with each passing moment.

How come Ye Guan was so composed?

The sense of unease became a lump of frustration within the middle-aged man's throat.

"Attack!" the middle-aged man roared, but he did not move at all.

Instead, several men standing next to him charged at Ye Guan. They were natives of this world, so their cultivation bases weren't being suppressed at all.

Ye Guan picked up a tree branch on the ground, and he thrust the branch forward to meet one of the men charging toward him.

The moment the tree branch made contact with the man's fist, Ye Guan's face twisted in agony.

Boom!

The man was blasted away, and his fleshly body scattered into a gore of flesh and blood before he even landed on the ground.

The onlookers were horrified.

Meanwhile, Ye Guan's face was pale, and his brows were furrowed deeply. He could smell iron at the back of his throat.

Ye Guan had challenged the First God's seal, and his true opponent earlier wasn't the man earlier, but the First God’s seal.

Unfortunately, he failed to defeat the seal and ended up suffering a backlash.

From afar, the middle-aged man turned abruptly to Qin Xue.

"Didn't you say that he's an outsider?" the middle-aged man asked, sounding furious.

Qin Xue stared deeply at Ye Guan in the distance and said, "He's suffering from a backlash."

A backlash?

The onlookers turned their gaze to Ye Guan and saw that Ye Guan's face was pale, which was a clear sign that he had indeed suffered a backlash.

The middle-aged man glared at Ye Guan and said, "Attack."

However, no one moved at all. It wasn't strange, as they knew what the middle-aged man was trying to do here. He was going to sacrifice them to exhaust Ye Guan.

Unfortunately for the middle-aged man, they were not foolish enough to step forward and sacrifice themselves for him.

Seeing the reluctance of his companions, the middle-aged man's expression soured. He growled and said, "He's suffering from a backlash! He can no longer fight back. Let's go ahead and charge at him together; we'll surely overpower him."

Still, nobody budged an inch.

The middle-aged man's cold gaze swept across his companions.

They avoided his gaze and remained frozen.

Meanwhile, Ye Guan suddenly smiled. "Why don't you all attack together?"

Attack together!

At Ye Guan's suggestion, the crowd's demeanor grew grave.

The middle-aged man locked eyes with Ye Guan. "If I'm not mistaken, you've run out of energy. You're just bluffing in an attempt to threaten us, right?"

Ye Guan smiled but said nothing. Then, he started walking toward the middle-aged man with a wooden stick in his hand. His gait was steady and calm, but he emanated an invisible pressure that bored down on everyone present.

The middle-aged man stared deeply at Ye Guan. His hands were clenched, but he dared not make a move.

Meanwhile, Qin Xue stared at Ye Guan, seemingly in deep thought.

The middle-aged man's expression soured as Ye Guan approached him.

The pressure was making it hard for him to breathe.

However, he knew that the man before him was no ordinary foe.

Escape? He was reluctant to flee at this point. His instincts were telling him that Ye Guan was just trying to intimidate him. If Ye Guan truly had the strength to fight, why resort to tricks instead of drawing his sword outright?

Realizing that, the middle-aged man took a deep breath and said, "Everyone, fortune favors the bold. He has used a strand of Ancestral Origin just to save someone. In other words, he has multiple strands of Ancestral Origin!

"We just have to kill him, and we'll rise to the summit. Let's attack him together!"

The middle-aged man charged at Ye Guan without hesitation. He knew that if he didn't lead the charge, his companions wouldn't make a move. However, the middle-aged man was disappointed to discover that his companions had stayed put.

They were waiting, waiting to see if the middle-aged man could hold his own against Ye Guan. If he couldn't, they'd flee without hesitation.

Seeing his companions' reluctance, the middle-aged man's expression turned ferocious. However, he no longer had any choice—it was all or nothing!

The middle-aged man swung his fist fiercely toward Ye Guan, and a wave of force akin to a raging storm swept toward the latter.

At the critical juncture, Ye Guan suddenly drew his sword.

Bang!

The middle-aged man was sent flying, and he crashed to the ground with a grotesque thud. Upon impact, his fleshly body exploded into a rain of blood and flesh, leaving only his soul behind.

Everyone froze in stupefaction at the gruesome sight. The next moment, they all turned around and fled, knowing that they stood no chance against Ye Guan.

Everyone fled except for one figure, who stood steadfast, seemingly undeterred by the unfolding mayhem. Then, she charged forward and slashed out with her sword toward Ye Guan.

The figure was none other than Qin Xue!

She had been observing Ye Guan closely. She noticed that his face paled considerably the moment striking down the middle-aged man. Sensing her chance, she lunged forward with determination.

Ye Guan's brows furrowed deeply at Qin Xue's attack. Then, he raised his sword and slashed out.

However, Qin Xue's expression changed drastically at the sight. She pivoted on her heel and vanished into the darkness, opting to escape.

Ye Guan couldn't help but shake his head and smile wryly at the sight. The move he had just made was a bluff, and it had intimidated Qin Xue, making her flee.

Strength was key to victory in battles, but strength wasn't everything.

Wiping the blood away from his mouth, Ye Guan glanced toward the motionless middle-aged man not too far away from him.

The middle-aged man couldn't move, as his fleshy body had been destroyed. h His soul was heavily injured as well.

The middle-aged man panicked at Ye Guan's approach, and he hurriedly said, "I'm a disciple of the Yu Hua Clan. If you kill me, you will incur great karma, you—"

The middle-aged man stopped mid-sentence as a tree branch pierced his forehead.

A small trickle of blood dripped down Ye Guan's lips. Throughout the entire battle, Ye Guan's true enemy had never been the middle-aged man and his men, but the First God's seal. He was struck by a backlash every time he made a move, and the backlash grew stronger with each instance.

The backlashes had taken their toll on him, leaving him weary.

Just then, Ye Guan's attention was drawn to a girl standing not too far away from him.

The girl was none other than Lin Daimei!

Ye Guan smiled and asked, "Are you here to help me?"

Lin Daimei approached slowly, her gaze fixed on Ye Guan. "Is it serious?"

Ye Guan nodded solemnly.

After a moment's hesitation, Lin Daimei asked, "Are you going to die?"

Ye Guan blinked, taken aback by her blunt question. "Are you afraid that I'll die?"

Lin Daimei replied earnestly, "You haven't given me the hawthorn candy you promised today."

Ye Guan chuckled, momentarily caught off guard by her unexpected response.

A faint smile played on Lin Daimei's lips as she walked to Ye Guan's side. She tried to support his weight as best as she could as the two of them walked into the town.

Ye Guan sprawled out on his bed, and blood was still trickling down his mouth. He sighed and admitted to himself that he had come dangerously close to death today.

Lin Daimei returned with a bowl of herbs. “These are my grandmother's herbs... they might be helpful to you.”

After a moment's consideration, Ye Guan declined it, saying, "Thank you, but... I think I'll manage on my own."

Setting the bowl aside, Lin Daimei asked, "Do you regret it?"

Ye Guan looked puzzled by her question.

Lin Daimei's gaze bore into him. "You saved that woman, but she repaid your kindness with malice. Do you regret saving her?"

Ye Guan smiled softly. "No."

"Why?" Lin Daimei pressed, frowning slightly.

Ye Guan didn't answer and asked back instead, "Why did you come looking for me?"

Lin Daimei was quiet for a while before saying, "You know, if you had just stayed here, they wouldn't have dared to lay a finger on you. It's strange, but no one dares to fight here.”

"Ah, there's that!” Ye Guan exclaimed.

Lin Daimei stared silently at Ye Guan.

Breaking the silence, Ye Guan’s voice carried a hint of amusement as he said, "You have a question for me, right? Feel free to ask now."

However, Lin Daimei shook her head and replied, "Let's save it for after you've had a taste of my cooking tomorrow."

Ye Guan agreed. "Fair enough."

Lin Daimei made her way to the door. Just as she was about to walk out of the door, she came to a halt and turned to look at Ye Guan. Her voice was tinged with uncertainty as she asked, "Are you planning to leave?"

Ye Guan was taken aback. "What makes you say that?"

Lin Daimei said, "Well, that woman came back here to repay your kindness with malice, so there's a high chance that you possess something valuable enough for her to do such a thing. They know that you're here, so you're going to leave soon, right?"

Ye Guan nodded. "That's right."

"Can I ask you for a favor?" Lin Daimei asked. She clenched her tiny fists, and her figure trembled like an aspen tree.

Although she was hesitant, she knew that she had to ask

Ye Guan stared deeply at her and encouraged her to speak. "Go ahead, what is it?"

Lin Daimei's voice sounded like a mosquito's droning as she said, "Can you save my grandmother?"

Ye Guan was quiet for a while before asking, "Can you take me to her first?"

“Of course," Lin Daimei replied. Then, she seemed to have realized something, as she added, "You're injured, so... I think we should do it tomorrow?"

"Don't worry about me." Ye Guan chuckled and said, "Let's go."

Ye Guan then stood up and followed Lin Daimei to her grandmother's stone house.

Ye Guan's expression changed drastically the moment he entered the stone house.

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